Businesses in Grootfontein

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Grootfontein

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Other accommodation	16
Grocery stores and supermarkets	10
Restaurants	10
Shopping	8
Education	8
Bars, pubs and taverns	8
Electronics stores	8
Hotels and motels	7
Public administration	7
Churches	6
Car repair	6
Car parts	6
Clothing stores	6
Hospitals	5
Bed and breakfasts	5
Construction of buildings	5

Grootfontein Facts

Area	23.9 km²
Population	17,660
Male Population	9,049 (51.2%)
Female Population	8,611 (48.8%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+108.0%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+9.5%
Median Age	22.8 years (Male: 23.5, Female: 22.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$9,063 (2022)
Area Codes	62, 67
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-19.56667, 18.11667

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Grootfontein Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	8,491	12,742	16,122	18,175	17,660	18,156	18,745
Population Density	355.6 / km²	533.7 / km²	675.3 / km²	761.3 / km²	739.7 / km²	760.5 / km²	785.1 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Grootfontein Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 9.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Grootfontein	+108%	+38.6%	+9.5%
Otjozondjupa Region	—	—	—
Namibia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Grootfontein Median Age

Median Age: 22.8 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Grootfontein	22.8 yrs	22.1 yrs	23.5 yrs
Otjozondjupa Region	22.2 yrs	21.6 yrs	22.6 yrs
Namibia	21.1 yrs	21.7 yrs	20.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Grootfontein Population Density

Population Density: 740 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Grootfontein	17,660	23.9 km²	740 / km²
Otjozondjupa Region	163,008	104,689.2 km²	1.6 / km²
Namibia	2.5 million	824,094.1 km²	3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Grootfontein Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1780 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Grootfontein

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Grootfontein Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,307	$3,814	$3,663	$3,561	$4,650	$9,472	$8,694	$9,063
Total GDP	$9.5M	$12.6M	$13.2M	$13.3M	$17.7M	$37.4M	$36.8M	$38.8M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Grootfontein CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Grootfontein	61,010 tn	3.45 tn	2,555.4 tons/km²
Otjozondjupa Region	463,206 tn	2.84 tn	4.4 tons/km²
Namibia	7,056,182 tn	2.84 tn	8.6 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Grootfontein CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	61,010 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3.45 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	2,555.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (8)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Grootfontein

Grootfontein (Afrikaans: Large Spring after the nearby hot springs) is a city of 23,793 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia. It is one of the three towns in the Otavi Triangle, situated on the B8 national road that leads from Ot..

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