The City’s Population

The City teams with life and dynamic cultural activities.  Windhoek‘s population is about 240 000, which is mainly made up by indigenous and western descendants groups. 

The Indigenous Group consists of the Owambo, Herero, Damara, Nama, Kavango, Caprivians, Sun, Tswana and Basters, while the Western Group is made up of Germans, Afrikaners, English and Portuguese. 

Due to ideal habitual and job opportunities that Namibia and Windhoek in particular has on offer other groups are emerging such as Indians, Chinese, Malaysian and so on.  All groups enjoy peace and harmony, the city upholds the principles of the rule of law and all citizens enjoy peace and harmony.  The City has friendly residents, who are united and enjoys mutual harmony.

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Calculated Urban Population from the 2001 Census Report

Windhoek Urban	No of Households	Population			Average Household Size
		Total	Male	Female
	53 428	223 364	111 205	112 159	4.2

Note 1:
Figures exclude temporary residents such as special populations amount to 7033 persons (f=1986, m=5047) in the Khomas Region as a whole.

Note 2:
Urban population is derived by subtracting Windhoek Rural Constituency figures from total for Khomas Region.

Useful statistics from the 1995 Residents Survey.  CLICK HERE to view the information.