Namibia

Republic of Namibia · Namibië

Namibia (NA, NAM) is a country in Southern Africa, with Windhoek as its capital. The currency is the Namibian Dollar (NAD, NAD) and South African Rand (ZAR, ZAR). The international dialling code is +264 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 081 123 4567. The time zone is Africa/Windhoek. Official language: English.

CurrencyNAD, ZARNAD ZAR

Dial code+264e.g. 081 123 4567

Time zoneWindhoekUTC+02:00

LanguageEnglish

CapitalWindhoek

Population2.8M825.6K km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of Namibia
Native name: Namibië · Namibia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: NA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: NAM
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 516
IOC code: NAM
Demonym: Namibian
Capital: Windhoek
Region: Africa › Southern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Southern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .na
Coordinates: -22, 17
Area: 825,615 km²
Population: 2,803,660
GDP: $29.9B ($10.7K per person)
Literacy: 88.8%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇦🇴 Angola
🇧🇼 Botswana
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇿🇲 Zambia

Currency

Namibian Dollar NAD

Symbol: NAD narrow $
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: $1,234.50

South African Rand ZAR

Symbol: ZAR narrow R
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: ZAR 1,234.50

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
English en	Official	7% (196.3K)
Afrikaans af		75% (2.1M)
Kuanyama kj		35% (981.3K)
Ndonga ng		21% (588.8K)
Nama naq		11% (308.4K)
Herero hz		9.1% (255.1K)
German de		0.9% (25.2K)
Tswana tn		0.56% (15.7K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Windhoek		UTC+02:00	none	Central Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +264
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 8–9 digits
Emergency number: 10111 pattern 10111

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	061 221 234	+264 61 221 234	XXX XXX XXX	8, 9
Mobile	081 123 4567	+264 81 123 4567	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Toll free	080 012 3456	+264 80 012 3456	XXX XXX XXXX	9
Premium rate	0870 123 456	+264 870 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	9
VoIP	088 612 345	+264 88 612 345	XXX XXX XXX	8, 9

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Show the 4 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`88`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})`	`6`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`87`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`8`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{City}

{Postal code}

No data.

Postal code

Pattern: \d{5}
Examples: 10001 · 10017

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: af-NA
en-NA
naq-NA

Number and date formats

As written by the English (Namibia) locale (en-NA), amounts in NAD.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (NAD): $1,234,567.89
Accounting: ($1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 Namibian dollars
Compact short: 1.2M
Compact long: 1.2 million
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 kilometres per hour
Temperature: 21.5°C
Date, full: Friday, 27 March 2026
Date, long: 27 March 2026
Date, medium: 27 Mar 2026
Date, short: 27/03/2026
Time, medium: 3:04:05 pm
Time, short: 3:04 pm
Date and time: 27 Mar 2026, 3:04 pm
Month and year: March 2026
Weekday: Friday
Relative time: yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
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