Since the chart has the name "Registered Country Voters", it only includes the registered voters, that is the approximately 300,000 people. Since 16% are independet, we can take 16% of 300,000 to get the registered independets. that is, multiply 0.16 (16%) by 300,000:
![0.16\cdot300,000=48,000](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/kfwlj2zhli3c58w3duu2ypncc9xkw0mdbz.png)
So, the answer is 48,000.