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Population of
Botswana:
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1,815,508
note: estimates for this country explicitly take
into account the effects of excess mortality due to
AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher
infant mortality and death rates, lower population and
growth rates, and changes in the distribution of
population by age and sex than would otherwise be
expected (July 2007 est.) |
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Age structure in
Botswana:
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0-14 years: 35.8%
(male 330,377/female 319,376)
15-64 years: 60.3% (male 549,879/female 545,148)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 28,725/female
42,003) (2007 est.) |
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Median age in
Botswana:
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total: 20.9 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.1 years (2007 est.) |
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Population growth
rate:
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1.503% (2007 est.)
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Birth rate in
Botswana:
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23.17 births/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Death rate in
Botswana:
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13.63 deaths/1,000
population (2007 est.) |
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Net migration rate in
Botswana:
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5.49 migrant(s)/1,000
population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans
into South Africa and Botswana in search of better
economic opportunities (2007 est.) |
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Sex ratio in
Botswana:
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at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.034 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.009 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.684 male(s)/female
total population: 1.003 male(s)/female (2007
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate
in Botswana:
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total: 43.97
deaths/1,000 live births
male: 45.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
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Life expectancy at
birth in Botswana:
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total population:
50.58 years
male: 51.55 years
female: 49.58 years (2007 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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2.73 children born/woman
(2007 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate:
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37.3% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people
living with HIV/AIDS:
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350,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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33,000 (2003 est.)
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Major infectious
diseases in Botswana:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2007) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Motswana
(singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
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Ethnic groups in
Botswana:
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Tswana (or Setswana) 79%,
Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and
white 7% |
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Religions in
Botswana:
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Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%,
other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census)
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Languages in
Botswana:
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Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga
7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other
8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census) |
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Literacy rate of
Botswana:
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definition: age 15
and over can read and write
total population: 81.2%
male: 80.4%
female: 81.8% (2003 est.) |
Facts
on People of Botswana