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People I:
Population
Almost half of the people in Namibia live in the region, largely in
rural households. Most of the population is packed into the Cuvelai, and
in small, old pan systems in the north-east. Massive famines reduced the
population by tens of thousands in the past, but very large numbers of
people also moved into the region from Angola.
Relatively high growth rates
of just less than 3% in recent decades have produced a population
dominated by young people. But the structure of the population is also
skewed by high rural-to-urban migration rates, particularly of
working-age people to towns elsewhere in Namibia. Fertility rates have
decreased in recent years, and death rates are expected to increase
dramatically because about one in four people now carry HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS. AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis are the most important
diseases. Very high demands for education result in high enrolment
rates, but many young people, especially boys, drop out of secondary
school to go off in search of jobs.
Illustrations:
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Changes in population
size from 1876 to 1991 & predicted sizes up to 2021, and a list of
major famines and other events
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Changes in population
distribution in 5 areas in Owambo
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The distribution &
density of people in the region in 1998
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Proportions of each of
the political regions (outside Etosha) that are populated at
different densities
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Age pyramid for Owambo
region in 1996
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Comparative age pyramids
for the four political regions
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Comparative age pyramids
for Owambo rural and urban areas
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Comparative age pyramids
for Oshiwambo speaking
To
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 Changes
in population size from 1876 to 1991, and predicted sizes up to 2021,
and a list of major famines and other events (311KB)
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 Changes
in population distribution and the number of households in five
different areas in Owambo (255 KB)
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 The
distribution & density of people in the region in 1998
(581 KB)
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 Proportions
of each of the political regions (outside Etosha) that are populated at
different densities (72 KB)
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 Age
pyramid for Owambo region in 1996 (102 KB)
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 Comparative
age pyramids for the four political regions, 1996 (307 KB)
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 Comparative
age pyramids for Owambo rural and urban areas in 1970 and 1991 (236 KB)
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 Comparative
age pyramids for Oshiwambo speaking for the years 1960, 1970 and 1991
(162 KB)
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