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<text>
<title>
Namibia: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Namibia
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 1,541,321 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 3.46% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 43.77 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 9.13 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 63.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 61.2 years</l>
<l> male: 58.57 years</l>
<l> female: 63.91 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 6.46 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Namibian(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Namibian</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: black 86%, white 6.6%, mixed 7.4%
</p>
<p>note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9%
to the Kavangos tribe
</p>
<p>Religions: Christian
</p>
<p>Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most
of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%,
indigenous languages
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1960)</l>
<l> total population: 38%</l>
<l> male: 45%</l>
<l> female: 31%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 500,000
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 60%, industry and commerce 19%,
services 8%, government 7%, mining 6% (1981 est.)
</p></body></article></text>