Namibia
Namibië
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.8%
- people aged 65 or older
- 117.3K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 7%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 6.8%
- women 5.4%, men 9%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 1.7%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2013; UN, 2001 census
Languages
37 languages, 17 of them endangered
- XiriCritically endangered
- YeyiSeverely endangered
- East TaaDefinitely endangered
- KhweDefinitely endangered
- NambyaDefinitely endangered
- Central !KungVulnerable
- Ekoka !KungVulnerable
- HereroVulnerable
- JuǀʼhoansiVulnerable
- KgalagadiVulnerable
- KhoekhoeVulnerable
- KuhaneVulnerable
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- MashiVulnerable
- NaroVulnerable
- TotelaVulnerable
- West !XoonVulnerable
- ZembaVulnerable
- Afrikaans
- Chokwe
- Fwe
- Gciriku
- Haiǁom
- Kwambi
- Kwangali
- Kwanyama
- Lozi
- Lucazi
- Luyana
- Mbalanhu
- Mbukushu
- Namibian Sign Language
- Ndonga
- Nkhumbi
- Nyemba
- Tonga
- Tswana
- Umbundu
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Aboxan Musik ǀŌb ǂÂns tsî ǁKhasigu, ancestral musical sound knowledge and skills2020
- Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival2015
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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