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{{Politics of Namibia}}
[[Namibia]] follows a largely independent [[foreign policy]], with strong affiliations with states that aided the independence struggle, including [[Nigeria]], [[Libya]], and [[Cuba]].

In Africa, Namibia has been involved in conflicts in neighbouring [[Angola]] as well as [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].

==International organizations==

Namibia is a member of 47 [[international organization]]s. These are:<ref name="CIA" />

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* [[Lomé Convention]] ([[ACP countries|ACP]])
* [[African Development Bank]] (AfDB)
* [[African Union]] (AU)
* [[Commonwealth of Nations]] (C)
* [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO)
* [[Group of 77]] (G-77)
* [[File:Flag of IAEA.svg|22px]] [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA)
* [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD)
* [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] (ICAO)
* [[International Criminal Court]] (ICCt)
* [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]] (ICFTU)
* ICRM
* [[International Fund for Agricultural Development]] (IFAD)
* [[International Finance Corporation]] (IFC)
* [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]] (IFRCS)
* [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO)
* [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF)
* [[Interpol]]
* [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)
* [[International Organization for Migration]] (IOM, observer)
* IPU
* [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO, correspondent)
* [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU)
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* MIGA
* [[Non-Aligned Movement]] (NAM)
* ONUB
* [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW)
* [[Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa]] (PMAESA)
* [[Southern African Customs Union]] (SACU)
* [[File:Flag of SADC.svg|22px]] [[Southern African Development Community]] (SADC)
* [[File:Flag of the United Nations.svg|22px]] United Nations (UN)
* [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] (UNCTAD)
* [[File:Flag of UNESCO.svg|22px]] [[UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO)
* [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR)
* [[United Nations Industrial Development Organization]] (UNIDO)
* [[United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea]] (UNMEE)
* [[United Nations Mission in Liberia]] (UNMIL)
* UNMIS
* UNOCI
* [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU)
* WCL
* [[World Customs Organization]] (WCO)
* [[File:Flag of WHO.svg|22px]] [[World Health Organization]] (WHO)
* [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO)
* [[File:Flag of the World Meteorological Organization.svg|22px]] [[World Meteorological Organization]] (WMO)
* [[World Tourism Organization]] (WToO)
* [[World Trade Organization]] (WTrO)
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===United Nations===

[[File:Hopelong Ushona Ipinge & Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.jpg|thumb|[[List of diplomatic missions of Namibia|Namibian ambassador to Brazil]], [[Hopelong Ushona Ipinge]] (left) with [[President of Brazil]], [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] at [[Palácio do Planalto]], [[Brasília]] in 2006]]

Namibia became the 160th member of the United Nations on 23 April 1990 upon independence from South Africa.<ref name="CIA"/>

==International disputes==

Namibia is involved in several minor international disputes.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web
 | title = CIA – The World Factbook – Namibia
 | url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/namibia/
 | publisher = [[CIA]]
 | access-date = 9 November 2006
 | archive-date = 10 January 2021
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210110010829/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/namibia
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* Commission established with [[Botswana]] to resolve small residual disputes along the [[Caprivi Strip]], including the [[Situngu marshlands]] along the [[Cuando River|Linyanti River]]
* Botswana residents protest Namibia's planned construction of the [[Okavango River|Okavango]] hydroelectric dam on [[Okavango River|Popa Falls]]
* Managed dispute with South Africa over the location of the boundary in the [[Orange River]]
* Dormant dispute remains where [[Botswana]], [[Namibia]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]] boundaries converge

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries which Namibia maintains diplomatic relations with:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic_relations_of_Namibia.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#
!Country
!Date<ref>{{cite web |last=Mushelenga |first=Samuel Abraham Peyavali |date=2008 |title=Foreign policy-making in Namibia : the dynamics of the smallness of a state |url=https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2703/dissertation_mushelenga_%20s.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y |pages=254–259 |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-date=13 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113033214/https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2703/dissertation_mushelenga_%20s.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="un2">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Namibia and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Namibia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=25 December 2024 |website=United Nations Digital Library |archive-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430103021/https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Namibia+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&ln=en&action_search=Search&sf=title&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Resenha de política exterior do Brasil |publisher=Ministério das Relações Exteriores |year=1990 |pages=96 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=23 April 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607090946/https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref name=":07">{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |year=1999 |pages=302}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|7
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=India - Namibia Bilateral Relations |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Namibia_13_02_024.pdf |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=mea.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/fbis-report_fbis-afr-90-057/page/n18/mode/1up?q=Namibia+diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report Africa Sub-Sahara |publisher=United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1990 |pages=14 |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Malawi}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African political history : a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=302}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922045702/https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Journal of Palestine Studies Volume 19, Issues 3-4 |publisher=University of California Press for Kuwait University and the Institute for Palestine Studies |year=1990 |pages=199 |quote=Namibia and the State of Palestine agree to formalize diplomatic relations , exchange ambassadors [ MENA 3/21 in FBIS 3/22 ]}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namibia |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/southafrica/namibia |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430103018/https://www.gov.pl/web/southafrica/namibia |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|20
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref name=":07" />
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 1990 |title=Real Decreto 373/1990, de 16 de marzo, por el que se crea la Misión Diplomática Permanente de España en Namibia. |url=http://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1990-6961 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426224955/http://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1990-6961 |archive-date=26 April 2018 |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=Boletin Oficial del Estado |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|23
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|24
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic of Namibia |url=https://vietnam.gov.vn/diplomacy-detail-70572?countryId=590&typeId=1 |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=vietnam.gov.vn}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Statements by the President of the Republic of Namibia, H.E. Hifikepunye Pohamba, 21 March 2005 - 31 December 2009 |date=2012 |pages=60}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{Dts|22 March 1990}}
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{Dts|22 March 1990}}
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{Dts|22 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Part III |publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation |year=1990 |pages=A-25}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Dts|23 March 1990}}
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|31
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Dts|23 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namibie |url=http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politique%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/103/language/en-US/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129174104/http://www.diplomatie.ma/Politiqueétrangère/Afrique/Relationsbilaterales/tabid/177/vw/1/ItemID/103/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=27 May 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{Dts|23 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronologies Dans Monde Arabe 1990/2 (N°128) |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1990-2-page-53.htm |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=La Documentation française |page=72 |language=fr |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402075958/https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1990-2-page-53.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|33
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{dts|23 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vanuatu Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mfaicet.gov.vu/images/documents/VANUATU_NATIONAL_FOREIGN_POLICY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925183844/https://mfaicet.gov.vu/images/documents/VANUATU_NATIONAL_FOREIGN_POLICY.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2024 |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=mfaicet.gov.vu |pages=50}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Dts|24 March 1990}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |title=Southern African political history : a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=303}}</ref>
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|35
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{Dts|27 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronologies Dans Monde Arabe 1990/2 (N°128) |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1990-2-page-53.htm |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=La Documentation française |page=61 |language=fr |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402075958/https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1990-2-page-53.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|36
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{Dts|27 March 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Diplomatic Pulse, Issues 416-431 |publisher=Vedat Uras, 1990 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{Dts|2 April 1990}}
|-
|38
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Dts|6 April 1990}}
|-
|39
|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{Dts|11 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_fbis-sup-afr-90-095/page/n46/mode/1up?q=credentials+ |title=Unclassified-FBIS Daily Report Supplement |date=16 May 1990 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=43}}</ref>
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|40
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{Dts|11 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook |year=2002 |pages=1027}}</ref>
|-
|41
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Dts|12 April 1990}}<ref name=":4" />
|-
|42
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|12 April 1990}}
|-
|43
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{Dts|17 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republica de Namibia - Ficha país |url=https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/LXIII_3_serieafrica_1.pdf |access-date=30 April 2022 |page=18 |language=es |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517194651/https://centrogilbertobosques.senado.gob.mx/docs/LXIII_3_serieafrica_1.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|44
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{Dts|18 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Notes d'information et statistiques |year=1990 |volume=395–399 |pages=2 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|45
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{Dts|23 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 November 2016 |title=Ambassador of Namibia presents credentials to the Netherlands and Luxembourg |url=https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2016/11/02/ambassador-of-namibia-presents-credentials-to-the-netherlands-and-luxembourg/ |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201204336/https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2016/11/02/ambassador-of-namibia-presents-credentials-to-the-netherlands-and-luxembourg/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|46
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{Dts|28 April 1990}}
|-
|47
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|{{Dts|28 April 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_fbis-afr-90-085/page/n77/mode/1up?q=diplomatic+relations |title=FBIS Daily Report Africa Sub-Sahara |date=2 May 1990 |publisher=United States Joint Publications Research Service |pages=73 |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{Dts|30 April 1990}}
|-
|49
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|3 May 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisete Chronologique des Ambassadeurs, Envoyés Extraordinaires, Ministres Plénipotentiaires et Chargés D'Affaires de France à L'Étranger Depuis 1945 |url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |page=82 |language=fr |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823071722/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/maep0035-0120_cle8a5377.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|50
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{Dts|8 May 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=African Defence Journal Issues 113-124 |publisher=The Journal |year=1990 |pages=27}}</ref>
|-
|51
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Dts|20 May 1990}}
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|{{Dts|31 May 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African political history : a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=304}}</ref>
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|52
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{Dts|6 June 1990}}
|-
|53
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{Dts|3 July 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Near East & South Asia: Index |publisher=Newsbank |year=1992 |volume=4/2 |pages=908}}</ref>
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|54
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{Dts|10 July 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=African Defence Journal - Issues 113-124 |publisher=The Journal |year=1990 |pages=18}}</ref>
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|55
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{Dts|11 July 1990}}
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|56
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{Dts|12 July 1990}}
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|57
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{Dts|25 July 1990}}
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|58
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{Dts|26 July 1990}}
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|59
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{Dts|31 July 1990}}
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|60
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Dts|2 August 1990}}
|-
|61
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{Dts|5 August 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African political history : a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=305}}</ref>
|-
|62
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{Dts|9 August 1990}}
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|63
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{Dts|13 August 1990}}
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|64
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Dts|28 August 1990}}
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|65
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{Dts|21 September 1990}}
|-
|66
|{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
|{{Dts|3 October 1990}}
|-
|67
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Dts|3 October 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens - Issues 2343-2355 |publisher=Rene Moreaux et Cie |year=1990 |pages=2854 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|68
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{Dts|5 October 1990}}
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|69
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{Dts|15 October 1990}}
|-
|70
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Dts|30 October 1990}}
|-
|71
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{Dts|6 November 1990}}
|-
|72
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|{{Dts|8 November 1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Daily Report, Near East & South Asia |publisher=NewsBank |year=1992 |volume=4 |pages=908 |issue=2}}</ref>
|-
|73
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{Dts|15 November 1990}}
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|74
|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{Dts|26 November 1990}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronologies Dans Monde Arabe 1991/1(N°131) |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1991-1-page-55.htm |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=La Documentation française |page=89 |language=fr |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605090048/https://www.cairn.info/revue-maghreb-machrek1-1991-1-page-55.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{Dts|10 December 1990}}
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|76
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{Dts|21 December 1990}}
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|77
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{Dts|1990}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=The New Nation |publisher=Namibia. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |year=1990 |pages=36 |quote=PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of BANGLADESH High - Commission Acting High- Commissioner : Mr A.Y.B.I. Siddiqi Address : P.O. Box 9123 WINDHOEK NAMIBIA}}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{Dts|1990}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1990 |title=Keesing's Record of World Events |publisher=Longman |page=37563}}</ref>
|-
|79
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Dts|1990}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 February 2023 |title=Ethiopia, Namibia Relations Built On Solid Foundations Of African Fraternity, Pan-Africanism: Envoy |url=https://www.fanabc.com/english/ethiopia-namibia-relations-built-on-solid-foundations-of-african-fraternity-pan-africanism-envoy/ |access-date=17 July 2023 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717161320/https://www.fanabc.com/english/ethiopia-namibia-relations-built-on-solid-foundations-of-african-fraternity-pan-africanism-envoy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{Dts|1990}}<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |title=The New Nation |publisher=Section Internal Liaison |year=1990 |pages=37–38}}</ref>
|-
|81
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{Dts|23 January 1991}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=New Zealand External Relations Review |publisher=Ministry of External Relations and Trade |year=1992 |volume=39}}</ref>
|-
|82
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Dts|13 May 1991}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=[FKP hosted by Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Windhoek] Thirty years of Indonesia-Namibia diplomatic relations: towards a dynamic economic partnership |url=https://www.fkpindonesia.org/summary-report/30-years-indonesia-namibia |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208032807/https://www.fkpindonesia.org/summary-report/30-years-indonesia-namibia |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{Dts|22 November 1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namíbia |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/namibia |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=pt |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608223305/https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises-geral/namibia |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{Dts|9 December 1991}}
|-
|85
|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{Dts|28 February 1992}}
|-
|86
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{Dts|5 October 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Політичні відносини між Україною та Намібією |url=https://rsa.mfa.gov.ua/ua/ukraine-namibia/diplomacy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602135940/http://rsa.mfa.gov.ua/ua/ukraine-namibia/diplomacy |archive-date=2 June 2018 |accessdate=23 August 2019 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine |language=uk }}</ref>
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|87
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{Dts|3 December 1992}}
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|88
|{{Flag|Gabon}}
|1990–1992<ref name=":17">{{Cite journal |date=1992 |title=Namibia Review |journal=Directorate of Production and Publicity, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |issue=1–4 |pages=14}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|1990–1992<ref name=":17" />
|-
|90
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|1990–1992<ref name=":17" />
|-
|91
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|1 January 1993}}
|-
|92
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{Dts|19 February 1993}}
|-
|93
|{{Flag|Eritrea}}
|{{Dts|28 January 1994}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Eritrea Update, March 1994 |publisher=Provisional Government of Eritrea (EPLF), Mission to the USA and Canada |pages=Page 7}}</ref>
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|94
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Dts|11 February 1994}}
|-
|95
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Dts|24 March 1994}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Priznanja in diplomatski odnosi |url=http://www.mzz.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/Mednarodno_pravo/Priznanja_in_diplomatski_odnosi.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325155432/http://www.mzz.gov.si/fileadmin/pageuploads/Mednarodno_pravo/Priznanja_in_diplomatski_odnosi.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2019 |access-date=26 August 2019 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia |language=sl }}</ref>
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|96
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{Dts|10 May 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=BILATERAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY SOUTH AFRICA AS ON 25 JUNE 2020 |url=https://pmg.org.za/files/201014Bilateral_agreements2020.rtf |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=Department of International Relations and Cooperation Republic of South Africa |page=48}}</ref>
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|97
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 June 1994}}<ref name=":23">{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic Consular Missions and International Organizations |publisher=Namibia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |year=1998 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|98
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Dts|13 September 1994}}<ref>{{Cite thesis |date=2019 |title=La Política Exterior de Uruguay hacia los países africanos durante los gobiernos del Frente Amplio (2005-2017): ¿construcción de nuevas relaciones Sur-Sur? |url=https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/bitstream/20.500.12008/21813/1/TMFCS_CastilloGascoGonzalo.pdf |language=es |page=25 |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103182724/https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/bitstream/20.500.12008/21813/1/TMFCS_CastilloGascoGonzalo.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Dts|3 November 1994}}
|-
|100
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{Dts|9 November 1994}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & Consular List |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=30 April 2022 |page=310 |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314222839/https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|101
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Dts|1 December 1994}}
|-
|102
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{Dts|1994}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ireland in Zambia 2018–2022 |url=https://www.dfa.ie/media/missions/zambia/dcdpage/19-050-Zambia-Strategy_Web-2.pdf |access-date=2 November 2020 |website=www.dfa.ie |pages=1 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013142410/https://www.dfa.ie/media/missions/zambia/dcdpage/19-050-Zambia-Strategy_Web-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{Dts|12 September 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Of The Holy See |url=https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110022620/https://holyseemission.org/contents/mission/diplomatic-relations-of-the-holy-see.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Dts|19 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511192931/https://www.mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|104
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Dts|17 May 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2021 |title=The Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Namibia celebrate 25 years of formal diplomatic relations today, May 17 |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/dfaphl/posts/the-republic-of-the-philippines-and-the-republic-of-namibia-celebrate-25-years-o/1957817197706438/ |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>
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|105
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{Dts|27 June 1996}}
|-
|106
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Dts|22 July 1996}}
|-
|107
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{Dts|21 August 1996}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=List of Diplomatic Consular Missions and International Organizations |publisher=The Ministry |year=1998 |pages=3}}</ref>
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|108
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{Dts|16 October 1996}}
|-
|109
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|7 February 1997}}
|-
|110
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{Dts|9 November 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty podľa svetadielov |url=https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308082112/https://www.mzv.sk/cestovanie_a_konzularne_info/staty_sveta-staty_podla_svetadielov?value=26710 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=sk }}</ref>
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|111
|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{Dts|11 April 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2021 |title=Dates of establishment and renewal of diplomatic relations |url=https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224348/https://www2.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/establishment-and-renewal-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=mfa.gov.lv }}</ref>
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|112
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}
|{{Dts|16 July 1997}}<ref name=":23" />
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|113
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Dts|22 June 1998}}
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|114
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{Dts|8 April 1999}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Date of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321072720/https://mfa.gov.lk/dpl-relations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|115
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{Dts|30 August 1999}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=States with Which the Republic of Uzbekistan Established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://2014-2024.mfa.uz/en/pages/strani-kotoriye-uzbekistan-ustanovil-diplomaticheskiye-otnosheniya |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uzbekistan)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan]] |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref>
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|116
|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{Dts|29 November 2000}}
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|117
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{Dts|21 December 2000}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Namibia |url=https://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/countries_of_accreditation/namibia/ |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908153232/https://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/countries_of_accreditation/namibia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|118
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{Dts|April 2002}}<ref>{{cite news |date=1 February 2016 |title=Namibia muestra interés en fortalecer lazos con Panamá |language=es |work=mire.gob.pa |url=https://mire.gob.pa/namibia-muestra-interes-en-fortalecer-lazos-con-panama/ |access-date=17 February 2022 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217114216/https://mire.gob.pa/namibia-muestra-interes-en-fortalecer-lazos-con-panama/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|119
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{Dts|18 September 2002}}<ref name=":18">{{Cite book |title=Diplomatic List |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Protocol |year=2009 |pages=1–6}}</ref>
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|120
|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
|{{Dts|18 September 2002}}<ref name=":18" />
|-
|121
|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{Dts|1 October 2003}}
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|122
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{Dts|26 May 2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eesti ja Namiibia sõlmisid diplomaatilised suhted |url=https://vm.ee/et/uudised/eesti-ja-namiibia-solmisid-diplomaatilised-suhted |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|123
|{{Flag|Mali}}
|{{Dts|27 October 2004}}<ref name=":18" />
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|124
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|{{Dts|9 December 2004}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2014 |title=The High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia pays a courtesy visit to the speaker |url=https://parlament.mt/media/95525/pr142847.pdf |access-date=4 October 2024 |website=parlament.mt}}</ref>
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|125
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|{{Dts|13 July 2005}}<ref name=":18" />
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|126
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{Dts|22 December 2005}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}</ref>
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|127
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Dts|17 April 2006}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 April 2006 |title=Paraguay entabla relaciones diplomáticas con Namibia |language=tr |url=https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/politica/paraguay-entabla-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-namibia-898229.html |access-date=30 April 2022 |archive-date=30 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430143206/https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/politica/paraguay-entabla-relaciones-diplomaticas-con-namibia-898229.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|128
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{Dts|2 October 2006}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namibia |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/na |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414042520/https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/na |archive-date=14 April 2022 |access-date=14 April 2022 |website=30 April 2022}}</ref>
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|129
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Dts|4 September 2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Order of Precedence |url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/All/96F59B0BDA67D28CC2257A16002E9A48?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214121743/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2006.nsf/All/96F59B0BDA67D28CC2257A16002E9A48?OpenDocument |archive-date=14 December 2012 |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus}}</ref>
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|130
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 September 2007}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corps diplomatique - accredité à Luxembourg |url=http://www.mae.lu/images/biblio/biblio-42-1_vcxuu_660_3156_265.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203093846/http://www.mae.lu/images/biblio/biblio-42-1_vcxuu_660_3156_265.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2008 |access-date=17 July 2023 |page=10 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|131
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{Dts|15 May 2008}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 February 2011 |title=Bahamas Welcomes High Commissioner of Namibia |url=https://www.bahamasb2b.com/news/2011/02/bahamas-welcomes-high-commissioner-of-namibia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517194651/https://www.bahamasb2b.com/news/2011/02/bahamas-welcomes-high-commissioner-of-namibia |archive-date=17 May 2023 |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>
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|132
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Dts|5 August 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=PAISES CON LOS CUALES EL SALVADOR TIENE RELACIONES DIPLOMATICAS |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228020506/https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |archive-date=28 December 2021 |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|—
|{{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{Dts|31 March 2009}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Relations with Namibia |url=https://namibiaembassy.orderofmalta.int/en/relations-with-namibia/ |access-date=20 November 2023 |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120200129/https://namibiaembassy.orderofmalta.int/en/relations-with-namibia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|133
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{Dts|16 November 2009}}
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|134
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{Dts|23 April 2010}}
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|135
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{Dts|25 June 2010}}
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|136
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|{{Dts|29 September 2010}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 April 2013 |title=HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSION (IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE) |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2013%20Namibia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721120306/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Diplomatic%20Lists/2013%20Namibia.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2023 |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
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|137
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{Dts|24 November 2010}}<ref name=":0" />
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|138
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}
|{{Dts|12 July 2011}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 2011 |title=Namibia recognises South Sudan |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/namibia-recognises-south-sudan/ |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=The Namibian}}</ref>
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|139
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{Dts|3 August 2011}}<ref name=":0" />
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|140
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{Dts|21 December 2011}}
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|141
|{{Flag|Niger}}
|{{Dts|26 March 2014}}<ref name=":2" />
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|142
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{Dts|23 July 2014}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Republic of Namibia Diplomatic List 2018 |url=https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Other/Namibia/2018_Namibia.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730192409/https://ifs02.du.edu/Client/Diplomatic/Diplomatic%20Services/Archive/Other/Namibia/2018_Namibia.pdf |archive-date=30 July 2023 |access-date=30 July 2023 |page=3}}</ref>
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|143
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Dts|7 October 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=30 April 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|144
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{Dts|24 October 2014}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 October 2010 |title=Haiti - Diplomacy : 4 new Ambassadors accredited |url=https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12351-haiti-diplomacy-4-new-ambassadors-accredited.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719155132/https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12351-haiti-diplomacy-4-new-ambassadors-accredited.html |archive-date=19 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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|145
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|{{dts|12 December 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2014 |title=Nuevos Embajadores de Panamá, República Dominicana, Namibia, Portugal, Paquistán y Jamaica, presentan Cartas Credenciales al Presidente Luis Guillermo Solís. |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=2028 |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica |language=es}}</ref>
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|146
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{Dts|29 July 2015}}
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|147
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{Dts|5 November 2015}}
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|148
|{{Flag|Central African Republic}}
|{{Dts|21 July 2016}}<ref name=":2" />
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|149
|{{Flag|Chad}}
|{{Date table sorting|25 October 2016}}<ref name=":2" />
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|150
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}
|{{Dts|15 May 2017}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2017 |title=Le Président de la République reçoit les Lettres de Créances de 4 nouveaux ambassadeurs |url=https://www.presidence.dj/article/le-president-de-la-republique-recoit-les-lettres-de-creances-de-4-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-364 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701105526/https://www.presidence.dj/article/le-president-de-la-republique-recoit-les-lettres-de-creances-de-4-nouveaux-ambassadeurs-364 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|151
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{Dts|27 February 2018}}
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|152
|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}
|{{Dts|14 September 2018}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Today, the following Ambassadors presented their letters of credentials to President Hage G. Geingob at State House |url=https://www.facebook.com/NamibianPresidency/posts/today-the-following-ambassadors-presented-their-letters-of-credentials-to-presid/1731354546976001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022103929/https://www.facebook.com/NamibianPresidency/posts/today-the-following-ambassadors-presented-their-letters-of-credentials-to-presid/1731354546976001/ |archive-date=22 October 2023 |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=Namibian Presidency}}</ref>
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|153
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{Dts|12 September 2019}}
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|154
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{Dts|16 October 2019}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 October 2019 |title=Presidente Daniel y vicepresidenta Rosario en presentación de cartas credenciales (16 de octubre 2019) |url=https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:95489-presidente-daniel-y-vicepresidenta-rosario-en-presentacion-de-cartas-credenciales-16-de-octubre-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717204658/https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:95489-presidente-daniel-y-vicepresidenta-rosario-en-presentacion-de-cartas-credenciales-16-de-octubre-2019 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|155
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{Dts|17 October 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namibia |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/386/namibia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205747/https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/386/namibia |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=2021-06-24 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref>
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|156
|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{Dts|29 October 2019}}
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|157
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{Dts|5 December 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616144127/https://foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2023 |access-date=27 August 2021 |pages=104–112}}</ref>
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|158
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{Dts|22 September 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 September 2021 |title=Namibia and Liechtenstein today signed instruments formally establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. |url=https://twitter.com/munasheJ/status/1440707178348761089 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430120923/https://twitter.com/munasheJ/status/1440707178348761089 |archive-date=30 April 2022 |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>
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|159
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|{{Dts|20 October 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le nouvel Ambassadeur de la Namibie, SEM Lebbius Tangeni TOBIAS a présenté ses Lettres de Créance au Chef de l'Etat S.E.M AZALI Assoumani |url=https://hi-in.facebook.com/108782261475832/posts/142780318076026/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/108782261475832/142780318076026 |archive-date=2022-02-25}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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|{{dts|26 September 2024|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2024 |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Namibia |url=https://mfa.tj/en/main/view/15819/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-republic-of-tajikistan-and-the-republic-of-namibia |access-date=27 September 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan}}</ref>
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==Bilateral relations==

===Africa===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Angola}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Angola–Namibia relations]]

In 1999 Namibia signed a mutual defence pact with its northern neighbour Angola. This affected the [[Angolan Civil War]] that has been ongoing since Angola's independence in 1975. Namibia's ruling party [[SWAPO]] wanted to support the ruling party [[MPLA]] in Angola to fight the rebel movement [[UNITA]], whose stronghold is in southern Angola, bordering Namibia. The defence pact allowed Angolan troops to use Namibian territory when attacking [[UNITA]].

The alliance between SWAPO and MPLA has deep roots and began as both Angola's and Namibia's ruling parties sought independence during the mid-20th century and into the [[Angolan Civil War]]. In Angola, the leftist movement [[MPLA]] was fighting the rightist movement [[UNITA]], which was supported by South Africa. In Namibia, [[SWAPO]], then a rebel movement, was fighting for independence from South Africa along the Angolan border. Angola allowed SWAPO to establish training and refugee camps for Namibians and PLAN (People's Liberation Army of Namibia) fighters. As MPLA and SWAPO shared a common ideological ground, and had a common enemy in South Africa, they came to cooperate.

The Angolan civil war resulted in a large number of Angolan [[refugees]] coming to Namibia. At its peak in 2001 there were over 30,000 Angolan refugees in Namibia. The calmer situation in Angola has made it possible for many of them to return to their home with the help of [[UNHCR]], and in 2004 only 12,600 remained in Namibia.
<ref name="UNHCR">{{cite web
| url = http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/statistics/opendoc.pdf?tbl=STATISTICS&id=44e5c7800&page=statistics
| title = 2004 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook – Namibia
| publisher = United Nations High Commission on Refugees
| access-date = 26 August 2006
| archive-date = 24 August 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060824221929/http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/statistics/opendoc.pdf?tbl=STATISTICS&id=44e5c7800&page=statistics
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
Most of them reside in the [[refugee camp]] [[Osire]] north of [[Windhoek]].

* Angola has an embassy in Windhoek and consulates-general in [[Oshakati]] and [[Rundu]].
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Luanda]] and consulates-general in [[Menongue]] and [[Ondjiva]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Botswana}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Botswana–Namibia relations]]

Botswana–Namibia relations are friendly, with the two neighbouring countries cooperating on economic development. [[Botswana]] gained independence from Britain in September 1966. [[Namibia]] gained independence from South Africa in 1990 following the [[Namibian War of Independence]].

* Botswana has a High Commission in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has a High Commission in [[Gaborone]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Eswatini}}||28 February 1992||Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 February 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Swaziland and Namibia as of 28 Feb. 1992 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1631622?ln=en |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=digitallibrary.un.org |archive-date=13 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113101249/https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1631622?ln=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Eswatini is accredited to Namibia from its High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
* Namibia is accredited to Eswatini from its High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}||<!--Date started-->||
During the [[Namibia under South African occupation|South African occupation of Namibia]], Ethiopia was one of the country's leading proponents abroad; Ethiopia and [[Liberia]] were the first two states to bring the question of independence for then [[South West Africa]] to the United Nations.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MA4mkNKXxqoC&dq=ethiopia+namibia+relations&pg=PA220 The South West Africa/Namibia dispute] by John Dugard</ref>

In 2007, the two governments signed an agreement which expanded air travel between the two states.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135029/http://www.kilil5.com/news/12989_ethiopia-namibia-sign-air-transp Ethiopia, Namibia sign air transport agreement]}}</ref> In December 2009, Namibia's Foreign Minister, [[Marko Hausiku]] met with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister [[Seyoum Mesfin]] and noted the economic, science, technical and cultural agreements in place between the two countries and expressed a desire to improve the trade relations.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.et/Press_Section/publication.php?Main_Page_Number=4796 Ethiopia, Namibia working out to step up cooperation areas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328075854/http://www.mfa.gov.et/Press_Section/publication.php?Main_Page_Number=4796 |date=28 March 2012 }}</ref>

* Ethiopia is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Liberia}}||<!--Date started-->||
In 1960, Liberia and [[Ethiopia]] brought litigation against [[South Africa under apartheid|apartheid South Africa]] in the [[International Court of Justice]] to end its occupation of Namibia.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111002192046/http://newliberian.com/?p=436 Liberia, Namibia Sign Agreement aimed at Strengthening Bilateral Relations]}} NewLiberian.com, 15 July 2008</ref> As part of Liberia's support for Namibia's liberation struggle, many Namibian students received Liberian passports which helped them study abroad.

As of July 2008, a total of 5,900 [[Namibia Defence Force]] troops had been rotated through Liberia as part of the [[United Nations Mission in Liberia]].<ref>[http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=46410&no_cache=1 Liberia and Namibia to trade more] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603172923/http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=46410&no_cache=1 |date=3 June 2012 }} [[The Namibian]], 15 July 2008</ref> Namibia maintained a battalion of about 800 personnel in [[Grand Cape Mount]] county for several years, for most of the period part of UNMIL Sector 2, headquartered at [[Tubmanburg]]. In May 2005, Namibian troops were accused of sexual exploitation of young girls and women; three Namibian soldiers were sent home from the force after a United Nations investigation found them guilty of "engaging in sexual activity with civilians", which is against United Nations rules for peacekeepers.<ref>[http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=17979&no_cache=1 NDF to probe Liberia sex scandal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603172939/http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=17979&no_cache=1 |date=3 June 2012 }} [[The Namibian]], 26 May 2005</ref>
* Liberia is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
* Namibia is accredited to Liberia from its high commission in Abuja, Nigeria.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Nigeria}}||21 March 1990||
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 March 1990<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=302}}</ref>

Namibia and Nigeria have binding bilateral agreements, but as of 2014, trade between the two countries was low. In March 2014, Nigerian President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] visited Namibia for Namibia's 24th independence day celebrations. The two countries also discussed establishing an oil refinery in Namibia for Nigerian oil.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201403190252.html|title=Namibia, Nigeria to Improve Bilateral Relations|work=[[AllAfrica.com]]|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226042803/http://allafrica.com/stories/201403190252.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Namibia has a high commission in [[Abuja]].
* Nigeria has a high commission in Windhoek.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|South Africa}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–South Africa relations]]

Upon independence in 1990, Namibia's economy was still tied to South Africa's.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDF1331F930A15750C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=In Namibia, South African Is Center of Attention |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 March 1990}}</ref> To this day, the [[economy of Namibia]] is still closely contacted to South Africa through both institutional relationships ([[Southern African Customs Union]], for example) and privately owned mining concessions.<ref>[http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Namibia/Economy.html Namibia – Economy<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185753/http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/Namibia/Economy.html|date=9 June 2011}}</ref> The [[South African rand]] is still legal currency within Namibia, while the [[Namibian dollar]] is not so in South Africa and the currencies are traded on par locally.

* Namibia has a high commission in Pretoria and a consulate-general in [[Cape Town]].
* South Africa has a high commission in Windhoek.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Zambia}}||5 August 1990||See [[Namibia–Zambia relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 August 1990<ref>{{Cite book |title=Southern African Political History A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997 |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1999 |pages=305}}</ref>

* Namibia has a high commission in [[Lusaka]].
* Zambia has a high commission in Windhoek.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–Zimbabwe relations]]

The ruling parties of Namibia (since independence in 1990) and Zimbabwe (since independence in 1980) have been close since pre-independence days, as both were anti-colonial movements against white-minority governments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040618100207/http://www.namibian.com.na/2004/June/national/04473CB0FF.html Zimbabwe heaps praise on Swapo's transition effort] by Tangeni Amupadhi, [[The Namibian]], 3 June 2004</ref> Namibia sent troops in the [[Military of Namibia|Namibia Defence Force]] to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] alongside Zimbabwe in a SADC coalition to support President [[Joseph Kabila]].<ref>[http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/48050 Namibia and Zimbabwe – the second liberation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185039/http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/48050 |date=29 October 2013 }} by Henning Melber, pambazuka.org, 13 May 2008</ref>
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Harare]].
* Zimbabwe has an embassy in Windhoek.
|}

===Americas===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Brazil}}||<!--Date started-->1990||See [[Brazil–Namibia relations]]

* Brazil has an embassy in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Canada}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Canada–Namibia relations]]

Canada's relationship with Namibia began in 1977 when Canada joined the [[Western Contact Group]], a joint diplomatic effort of France, United Kingdom, United States, Canada and [[West Germany]] to bring an internationally acceptable transition to independence for Namibia. In 1990 official relations started; Canada has dispatched an [[Honorary Consul]] to [[Windhoek]].<ref name=canada>[http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/southafrica-afriquedusud/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/canada_namibia-namibie.aspx?menu_id=60&menu=L Canada-Namibia relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129053033/http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/southafrica-afriquedusud/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/canada_namibia-namibie.aspx?menu_id=60&menu=L |date=29 January 2011 }} Foreign Ministry of Canada</ref>

Canada is one of the main destinations for Namibian refugees. Together with Botswana and Denmark, Canada has been granting asylum to people fleeing Namibia in the aftermath of the [[Caprivi conflict]], and particularly the [[Caprivi treason trial]] that followed in which the Namibian government was accused of human rights violations.<ref name="exile">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=2864
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111222142/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=2864
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=11 January 2013
 |title=No Title
 |last=Inambao
 |first=Chrispin
 |newspaper=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]
 |date=1 September 2004
 |access-date=17 February 2012
 }}</ref> Only in 2010 Canada has changed its standpoint and is now considering the CLA to be a terrorist organisation that has "attempted to usurp an elected government". Nonetheless, Canada received a steady inflow of Namibian immigrants who seek economic betterment under the pretense of humiliation and harassment in Namibia. In 2011 more than 1,000 Namibians entered Canada. Three-quarters of them applied for refugee status, but only a few were successful.<ref>{{cite news
|title=The Great Trek
|last=Muraranganda
|first=Elvis
|date=February 2012
|work=[[insight Namibia]]}}</ref>

* Canada is accredited to Namibia from its high commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
* Namibia is accredited to Canada from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Cuba}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Cuba–Namibia relations]]

Cuban-Namibian relations date back to the [[Namibian War of Independence]] when [[Cuba]] politically, militarily and diplomatically supported the Namibian rebel organization and future ruling party, [[South West Africa People's Organization]] (SWAPO) against the [[Military of South Africa|military]] of [[Apartheid]] South Africa.<ref name="radiohc.cu">[http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/noticias/julio05/5julio/cuba7.htm Cuba-Namibia Joint Commission Meeting Kicks off in Havana]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Radio Habana, Cuba, 5 July 2005</ref>

Since independence, Namibia and Cuba have held joint meetings every two years for Economic, Scientific-Technical and Commercial Cooperation. In 2005, it was reported that 1,460 Cuban professionals had worked in Namibia, including 208 in 2005.<ref name="radiohc.cu"/>

* Cuba has an embassy in Windhoek.
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Havana]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->17 April 1990||See [[Mexico–Namibia relations]]
Mexico recognized and established diplomatic relations with Namibia on 17 April 1990. In 1993, Mexico opened an embassy in Windhoek, however, the embassy was closed in 2002.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://infosen.senado.gob.mx/sgsp/gaceta/62/3/2015-03-05-1/assets/documentos/Dict_Rel_Ext_Embajador_SudAfrica.pdf| title = Mexico-Namibia relations (in Spanish)| access-date = 15 May 2017| archive-date = 2 April 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230402063942/https://infosen.senado.gob.mx/sgsp/gaceta/62/3/2015-03-05-1/assets/documentos/Dict_Rel_Ext_Embajador_SudAfrica.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>

* Mexico is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/sudafrica/| title = Embassy of Mexico in South Africa| access-date = 15 May 2017| archive-date = 4 May 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210504120721/https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/sudafrica/| url-status = live}}</ref>
* Namibia is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.namibiaembassyusa.org/| title = Embassy of Namibia in the United States| access-date = 15 May 2017| archive-date = 17 May 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170517114459/http://www.namibiaembassyusa.org/| url-status = live}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–United States relations]]

U.S.-Namibian relations are good and continue to improve. Characterized by shared [[Democracy|democratic values]], commitment to rule of law, and respect for human rights, the bilateral relationship has been strengthened through trade ties and U.S. assistance programs. Namibia has seized opportunities created by [[AGOA]]. Currently the [[SACU]] countries and the U.S. are negotiating a Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement, scheduled to be signed in 2008. Namibia has been included in President Bush's International Mother and Child HIV Initiative and the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.  The [[U.S. Agency for International Development]]'s (USAID) bilateral presence in Namibia has been extended until 2010. In addition to the embassy, the [[Centers for Disease Control]], [[Peace Corps]], and the [[United States Department of Defense]] have offices in Windhoek.

* Namibia has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* United States has an embassy in Windhoek.
|}

===Asia===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|China}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[China–Namibia relations]]

Governmental relations were first established the day after Namibia's independence, but relations with Namibian independence movements date back to the 1960s.<ref name="fmprc.gov.cn">[http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cena/eng/zngx/t410246.htm Interpretation of China-Namibia Relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707040350/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cena/eng/zngx/t410246.htm |date=7 July 2022 }} in Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China</ref> China and Namibia have developed close economic relations, with trade increasing twofold between the two countries from 2003 to 2006. During a February 2007 visit, Chinese President [[Hu Jintao]] pledged Namibia "[[Renminbi|RMB]] 1&nbsp;billion of concessional loans, 100 million US dollars of preferential export buyer's credit, RMB 30&nbsp;million [[Renminbi|yuan]] of grants and RMB 30 million of interest-free loans..."<ref name="fmprc.gov.cn"/>

* China has an embassy in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|India}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[India–Namibia relations]]

Relations began between [[SWAPO]] and the Indian government prior to independence. In 2010, relations were described by Indian officials as "warm and cordial". India has been involved in training the [[Namibian Air Force]] and bilateral trade in 2008–09 stood at $80&nbsp;million.<ref name=MEA.gov.in>[http://www.mea.gov.in/meaxpsite/foreignrelation/08fr03.pdf Indo-Namibian Relations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313200039/http://www.mea.gov.in/meaxpsite/foreignrelation/08fr03.pdf |date=13 March 2012 }} Ministry of External Affairs of India, September 2010</ref>
* India has a high commission in Windhoek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?154/154/0|title=MEA {{!}} Indian Missions Abroad {{!}} Indian Mission|website=mea.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094738/http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?154/154/0|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Namibia has a high commission in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhcdelhi.com/|title=Welcome {{!}} Namibia High Commission - New Delhi|website=nhcdelhi.com|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715041028/http://www.nhcdelhi.com/|archive-date=15 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Indonesia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Indonesia–Namibia relations]]

* Indonesia has an embassy in Windhoek.
* Namibia is accredited to Indonesia from its high commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Israel}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Israel–Namibia relations]]

* Israel is accredited to Namibia from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in [[Jerusalem]].
* Namibia is accredited to Israel from its embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Japan}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Japan–Namibia relations]]

Diplomatic relations between Japan and Namibia were established in March 1990. 
* Japan has an embassy in Windhoek.
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Tokyo]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Malaysia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Malaysia–Namibia relations]]

Both countries were once part of the [[British Empire]] and before Namibia achieved its independence, Malaysia has contributed to [[United Nations Transition Assistance Group|some operations]] in Namibia by sending a group of soldiers to help monitor the Namibian elections and peace process.<ref>{{cite book|author=Emmanuel Ike Udogu|title=Liberating Namibia: The Long Diplomatic Struggle Between the United Nations and South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kdPadeeqVBIC&pg=PA185|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6576-7|pages=185–}}</ref> Today, the relations are much more focused in economic cooperation.
* Malaysia has a high commission in Windhoek.
* Namibia has a high commission in [[Kuala Lumpur]].
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->1966<ref name="auto26">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-namibia.en.mfa| title=Relations between Turkey and Namibia| access-date=6 September 2016| archive-date=29 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329120857/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-namibia.en.mfa| url-status=live}}</ref>||See [[Namibia–Turkey relations]] 
*Namibia is accredited to Turkey from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
*Turkey has an embassy in [[Windhoek]].<ref name="auto26"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$11.84 million in 2019 (Namibian exports/imports: 2.44/9.40 million USD).<ref name="auto26"/>
|}

===Europe===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Finland}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Finland–Namibia relations]]

Finland recognised Namibia on 21 March 1990.  Both countries established diplomatic relations on the same day, and Namibia was represented in Finland through its embassy in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. Since 2015 Namibia has an embassy in Helsinki. Finland has an embassy in Windhoek and an honorary consulate in [[Walvis Bay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17237&culture=en-US&contentlan=2|title=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland: Entering Finland and travelling abroad: Namibia|website=formin.finland.fi|language=en|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006035559/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17237&culture=en-US&contentlan=2|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Finland has stated it is a staunch supporter of Namibian independence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=132602&nodeid=17430&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |title=A new phase beginning in cooperation between Finland and Namibia - Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland: Countries and regions: News |access-date=2013-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310003514/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=132602&nodeid=17430&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}</ref> The Finnish Government has provided assistance in the sectors of forestry, water, environment and health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finland.org.na/public/default.aspx?contentid=143774&nodeid=41050&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|title=The Chargée d'Affaires a.i. of Finland Mrs Seija Kinni-Huttunen ends her Tour of Duty 31 July 2008 - Embassy of Finland, Windhoek : Current Affairs : Embassy news|website=finland.org.na|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225092657/http://www.finland.org.na/public/default.aspx?contentid=143774&nodeid=41050&contentlan=2&culture=en-US|url-status=live}}</ref> Namibia's exports to Finland increased from N$810 million in 2004 to over N$1 billion (approximately 90 million EUR) in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.economist.com.na/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D13211%3Aexports-to-finland-exceed-n1-billion-mark-%26catid%3D539%3Ageneral-news%26Itemid%3D60 |title=Exports to Finland exceed N$1 billion mark |access-date=2009-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145649/http://www.economist.com.na/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13211%3Aexports-to-finland-exceed-n1-billion-mark-&catid=539%3Ageneral-news&Itemid=60 |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

In June 2008, Prime Minister of Namibia [[Nahas Angula]] visited Finland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=132328&nodeid=17430&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |title=Prime Minister of Namibia to visit Finland - Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland: Countries and regions: News |access-date=2013-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310003529/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=132328&nodeid=17430&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}</ref>

* Finland has an embassy in Windhoek.
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Helsinki]]. 
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* France has an embassy in Windhoek.
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Paris]].
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|{{flag|Germany}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Germany–Namibia relations]]

First contacts between people of the two countries took place when German missionaries were hired by the [[London Missionary Society]] to commence working in Southern Namibia during the late 18th and early 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.klausdierks.com/Biographies/Biographies_E.htm |title=Ebner, Johann Leonhard |access-date=4 July 2009 |archive-date=15 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015021258/http://www.klausdierks.com/Biographies/Biographies_E.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1880s the [[German Empire]] came to what is now Namibia as a colonizing power, creating [[German South-West Africa]]. The German colonial rule was marked by tensions and led to the [[Herero and Namaqua Genocide|genocide of the Herero and Namaqua people from 1904 to 1907]], which resulted in the deaths of 65,000 Herero (80 percent of the total Herero population), and 10,000 Nama (50% of the total Nama population). The colony was ruled by Germany until 1915 when it was conquered by troops from the [[Union of South Africa]].

During South African rule, German was one of the three official languages of Namibia, the others being [[Afrikaans]] and [[English language|English]]. Likewise during Apartheid rule, [[West Germany]] maintained a consulate in Windhoek despite United Nations resolutions calling for the isolation of South Africa.

Namibian independence in 1990 coincided with German reunification, resulting in an initially slow development of diplomatic relations. However, in both 1989 and 2004 the German government acknowledged its responsibility for Namibia as a priority partner country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmz.de/en/countries/partnercountries/namibia/index.html |title=Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development - Namibia |access-date=15 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215090748/http://www.bmz.de/en/countries/partnercountries/namibia/index.html |archive-date=15 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since then German Development minister [[Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul]] visited Namibia, asking the country for forgiveness of the past.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1298060,00.html|title=Germany Asks for Namibians' 'Forgiveness' {{!}} Germany {{!}} DW {{!}} 14.08.2004|last=(www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche Welle|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-date=15 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015000546/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1298060,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, not least due to substantially improved co-operation and exchange, as well as by fate of the permanent presence of the "[[German Namibians|German tribe in Namibia]]", the two countries have mostly learnt to a new dialogue, which at times also still stagnates.

* Germany has an embassy in Windhoek.
* Namibia has an embassy in [[Berlin]].
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|{{flag|North Macedonia}}||<!--Date started-->||
On 21 December 2011 [[North Macedonia]] and Namibia established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level when the Ambassadors of both countries to the UN, Pajo Avirovic and [[Wilfried Emvula]] respectively, signed the joint communiqué. With the establishment of diplomatic relations, Namibia [[Macedonia naming dispute|recognised Macedonia under its constitutional name]] the 'Republic of Macedonia' as opposed to its provisional name the 'former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'; in doing so Namibia became the 133 country to recognise Macedonia's constitutional name.<ref name="Namibia and Macedonia Establish Diplomatic Ties">{{cite news|title=Namibia and Macedonia Establish Diplomatic Ties under Constitutional name|url=http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/19917/45/|access-date=22 December 2011|date=21 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525080144/http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/19917/45/|archive-date=25 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* North Macedonia does not have an accreditation to Namibia.
* Namibia is accredited to North Macedonia from its embassy in Vienna, Austria.
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|{{flag|Poland}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–Poland relations]]
* Namibia is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, and there is an honorary consulate of Namibia in [[Warsaw]].
* Poland is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria. 
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* Namibia is accredited to Portugal from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Portugal has an embassy in Windhoek.
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|{{flag|Russia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–Russia relations]]

Relations between Namibia and Russia were considered "excellent" in 2006 by then-Namibian Minister of Education [[Nangolo Mbumba]], while Russia expressed a desire for even stronger relations, particularly in the economic field. Also in 2006, the Namibia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was officially opened during a visit by Russian Natural Resources Minister [[Yuri Trutnev]] to [[Windhoek]]. During said visit, the Minister said Russia was interested in investing in oil, hydro-electric power and tourism.<ref>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200607/28/eng20060728_287595.html Russia urges more trade with mineral-rich Namibia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191710/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200607/28/eng20060728_287595.html |date=29 October 2013 }} People's Daily, 28 July 2006</ref> In 2007, Russian Prime Minister [[Mikhail Fradkov]] held discussions with Namibian Deputy Prime Minister [[Nahas Angula]] and President [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]] in regards to the possibility of developing Namibia's significant uranium deposits with an aim towards creating a nuclear power plant in the country.<ref>[https://archive.today/20110711003232/http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-25_2085428 Russia, Namibia in nuke talks] Fin24.com, 18 March 2007</ref> In 2008, Trutnev returned to Namibia, this time to [[Swakopmund]], to meet at the third annual Intergovernmental Commission. Top foreign ministry official [[Marco Hausiku]] and his deputy [[Lempy Lucas]] represented Namibia in discussions with Trutnev.<ref>[http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/November/marketplace/083FB873A5.html Russian minist in trade talks with Nam] The Namibian, 28 November 2008 {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

* Namibia has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in Windhoek.
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||<!--Date started-->1990||
Diplomatic relations between Namibia and Serbia were officially established in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12333-namibia|title=Namibia|website=mfa.gov.rs|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-04-17|archive-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421151418/http://mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12333-namibia|url-status=dead}}</ref> Serbia, then part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], provided education, training, and financial support for [[SWAPO]] members during the entirety of the [[South African Border War]], and the two countries have shared close relations ever since.<ref>Bott, Sandra, and Jussi Hanhimaki. Neutrality and Neutralism in the Global Cold War: between or within the Blocs? ROUTLEDGE, 2017.</ref> During the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]] in 1999, Namibia, which was then on the UN Security Council, voted with Russia and China for an immediate cessation of NATO attacks. Namibia also strongly supports the Serbian position on the [[International recognition of Kosovo|Kosovo dispute]].<ref>[http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vesti/vest.php?id=68561 Namibia will not recognise unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905160129/http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vesti/vest.php?id=68561 |date=5 September 2012 }}, Serbian Government, 2010-09-02</ref>
* Namibia is accredited to Serbia from its embassy in Vienna, Austria.
* Serbia is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
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|{{flag|Spain}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–Spain relations]]

* Namibia is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France.
* Spain has an embassy in Windhoek.
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|{{flag|Sweden}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Namibia–Sweden relations]]

* Namibia has an embassy in [[Stockholm]].
* Sweden is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.
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* Namibia has an embassy in [[Geneva]].
* Switzerland is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa and maintains an honorary consulate in Windhoek.
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||1990||See [[Namibia–United Kingdom relations]]
Namibia established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] in 1990.
*Namibia maintains a [[High Commission of Namibia, London|high commission]] in London.
* The United Kingdom is accredited to Namibia through its [[British High Commission|high commission]] in [[Windhoek]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-windhoek|title=British High Commission Windhoek|website=GOV.UK|access-date=31 July 2024|archive-date=14 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514001642/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-windhoek|url-status=live}}</ref>

Both countries share common membership of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], the [[International Criminal Court]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Economic Partnership Agreements|SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bavier|first=Joe|date=11 September 2019|title=Britain agrees post-Brexit trade deal with southern Africa|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-africa-trade-idUKKCN1VW1N5|website=[[Reuters]]|access-date=17 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218025328/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-africa-trade-idUKKCN1VW1N5/|archive-date=18 February 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Namibia has a high commission in [[London]].
* United Kingdom has a high commission in Windhoek.
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===Namibia and the Commonwealth of Nations===

Namibia has been a [[Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth republic]] since 1990, when [[South West Africa]] became independent of South Africa.

== See also ==

* [[List of diplomatic missions in Namibia]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Namibia]]

==Notes and references==

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* {{cite web
 | title = Background Note: Namibia
 | url = https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5472.htm#foreign
 | publisher = U.S. Department of State
 | access-date = 25 May 2019
 | archive-date = 21 October 2020
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201021205038/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5472.htm#foreign
 | url-status = live
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