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title: "Namibia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Namibia: capital Windhoek, area 824,292 km², population 3,092,816 (2025), currency Namibian dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/namibia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Namibia

**Namibia: Capital Windhoek**

824,292 km² · 3,092,816 people (2025) · Namibian dollar

The Namib is generally reckoned the oldest desert on Earth, arid for at least 55 million years. The dunes at Sossusvlei rise over 300 m — among the tallest anywhere — and the Fish River Canyon is second in size only to the Grand Canyon. Namibia has the second-lowest population density of any country.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Windhoek
- **Area:** 824,292 km² — 318,261 sq mi
- **Population:** 3,092,816 (2025)
- **Density:** 3.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Namibian dollar (NAD, $)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +264
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** NA · NAM
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 34 of 200
- **By population:** 137 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 237,527,782 |
| Venezuela | 912,050 | 28,516,896 |
| Namibia ← | 824,292 | 3,092,816 |
| Mozambique | 799,380 | 35,631,653 |
| Pakistan | 796,095 | 255,219,554 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Namibia?

Windhoek

### What currency does Namibia use?

The Namibian dollar (NAD).

### How big is Namibia?

824,292 km², or 318,261 square miles — 34 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Namibia drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Venezuela](https://atoneplace.net/country/venezuela/)
- [Mozambique](https://atoneplace.net/country/mozambique/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]