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Namibia: map and facts
Namibia is in Southern Africa. It has about 3.09 million people (2025), the 133rd largest population. It covers 824,292 km², the 33rd largest by area. That is about 3.8 people per km². Its highest point is Königstein, at 2,573 m. The longest river on its map is the Zambezi, 2,574 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 3,092,816 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 824,292 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Windhoek
- Highest point: Königstein, 2,573 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 9.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Namibia, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Zambezi: 2,574 km
- Orange: 2,200 km
- Okavango: 1,600 km
- Cunene: 1,050 km
- Cuando: 731 km
Also on the map: Chobe and Auob.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Königstein: 2,573 m (its highest point)
- Umub: 1,655 m
Mountain ranges: Great Karas Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Kalahari Desert, Namib Desert, Skeleton Coast, Etosha Pan, Kaokoland and Khomas Highland.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): open shrubland 48.8%, bare ground 23.7%, grassland 23.1%, dense shrubland 4.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 63.9%, hills 29.7%, mountains 4.7%, plains 1.7%.
Forests covered 9.8% of its land in 2024, down from 10.7% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Namibia shares land borders with Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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