Blanke Namibiërs, Wit Namibiërs Weiße Namibier | |
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![]() Afrikaner children playing tug of war during a traditional Boeresport Day in Namibia. | |
Total population | |
c. 150,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 150,000 (6% of total population)[1] |
Others | 48,000 |
Languages | |
First language Afrikaans (60%) German (32%) English (7%) Portuguese (1%) | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Christian | |
Related ethnic groups | |
White South Africans, White Zimbabweans, Afrikaners, Coloureds, Basters, other White Africans |
White Namibians (German: Weiße Namibier or Europäische Namibier) are people of European descent settled in Namibia. The majority of White Namibians are Dutch-descended Afrikaners (locally born or of White South African descent), with a minority being native-born German Namibians (descended from Germans who colonised Namibia in the late-nineteenth century). There are also some Portuguese and English immigrants. Estimates published in 2016 suggest that the White Namibian population run between 75,000[2] and 150,000.[3] This imprecision in data is because the Namibian government no longer collects data based on race.