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President: Hage Geingob
Prime Minister: Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
Capital city: Windhoek
Languages: Oshiwambo languages 48.9%, Nama/Damara 11.3%, Afrikaans 10.4% (common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population), Otjiherero languages 8.6%, Kavango languages 8.5%, Caprivi languages 4.8%, English (official) 3.4%, other African languages 2.3%, other 1.7% note: Namibia has 13 recognized national languages, including 10 indigenous African languages and 3 Indo-European languages (2011 est.)
Population, persons: 2,448,255 (2018)
Area, sq km: 823,290
GDP per capita, US$: 5,931 (2018)
GDP, billion current US$: 14.5 (2018)
GINI index: 59.1 (2015)
Ease of Doing Business rank: 104
