Overview

Namibia is a country in south western Africa. On it's southern border is South Africa, to the east is Botswana and in the north Angola, other neighbouring countries include Zimbabwe and Zambia. Since independence in 1991 Namibia has become a major African tourist destination - popular due to it's vast distances and tiny populations. Travelers enjoy the desert vistas of the Namib Desert and some of the best game viewing in the world at Etosha National Park.

Just over 2 million people share the vast spaces of Namibia, the country has one of the lowest population densities in the world with 2.1 people per square kilometre. It isthought that 35% of the population live in urban areas, and 65% in rural, although this figure is certainly increasing as growing numbers of unemployed people leave their villages and farms. The population of Namibia can be divided into 11 different ethnic groups.