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Namibia

Namibia's best placing is 3rd of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #3Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 3 / 17
Population: 3.1 million
Land area: 823,290 km²

Every ranking

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Land area per person

#3 of 194

0.266 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#10 of 192

83.74 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#10 of 134

849.71 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest per person

#23 of 194

0.0208 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#26 of 193

259 airports

4th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#33 of 194

823,290 km² of land

15th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Forest

#65 of 194

64,259 km² of forest

22nd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#61 of 151

1,572 km of coastline

10th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways

#62 of 135

2,628 km of railway

13th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports by area

#108 of 191

3.15 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#116 of 182

4,876 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population

#134 of 195

3,092,816 people

41st in Africa · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#137 of 182

15,080,340,654 US$ (current prices)

34th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#106 of 133

3.19 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest by area

#160 of 194

7.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#153 of 179

285 mm of precipitation per year

43rd in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Population by area

#192 of 194

3.76 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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