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Namibia

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Namibia is a country. The capital city is Windhoek, located in the Southern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 823,290 km², a population of 2,963,095 people and uses the currency Namibian dollar. The President is Hage Geingob.

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currency: Namibian dollar
capital city: Windhoek
region: Southern Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 823,290 km²
population: 2,963,095 people
political leader: Hage Geingob (President)

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central government debt: 117.52 % of GDP
expense: 35.72 % of GDP
GDP: 12,351,025,066.91 current US$
inflation: 5.88 annual %
self-employed workers: 39.13 % of total employment
tax revenue: 27.17 % of GDP
unemployment: 19.36 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 32.13 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
democracy score: 6.25
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 64.40 % of population
military expenditure: 2.74 % of GDP
net migration: 11,675 people
press freedom: 4.13
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 44.23 %
birth rate: 26.92 per 1,000 people
death rate: 11.46 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 456.44 current US$
health expenditure: 9.38 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 2.39 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.70 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 58
suicide mortality rate: 9.70 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 388,120.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 17.79 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 4.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 56.20 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.46 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 97.79 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.76 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: 74.44 % of energy use
fertility rate: 3.25 births per woman
forest area: 64,968 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 66.72 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 12.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 16.90
methane emissions: 6.24 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 2.00 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 1,515,985 people
male population: 1,447,110 people
renewable energy consumption: 30.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 827,174.29 km²
rural population: 1,336,771 people
urban land area: 342.32 km²
urban population: 1,626,324 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.11 % of total population

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