Official name
Republic of Botswana
Name in local language
Lefatshe la Botswana (tn)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
Southern Africa
Population (ranking: 148e )
2,325,082 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
1.78 % / year
Area
581,726 km²
Density
4.00 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 119e )18.616 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
8,259 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
4.50 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
69.30 years (2018)
Birth rate
24.80 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
2.69 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
5.67 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
20.80 ‰ (2014)
Literacy rate
88.46 % (2015)
Official languages
Tswana, English
Currency
Botswana pula (BWP)
HDI (ranking: 130e )0.728 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )51.70 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary republic
Head of State
President Mokgweetsi Masisi
National Day
30 September (independence of 1966)
ISO Codes BW, BWA
Demonym
Batswana (plural), Motswana (singular)
Tourists (ranking )
1,660,202 people (2015)
Botswana is a southern African country with no access to the sea , surrounded by South Africa to the south and south-east, Namibia to the west, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast.
Delta of Okavango. Photo: Justin Hall Urban areas (2017)
Urban areas
Population
Gaborone
469,020 inhabitants
Francistown
167,639 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Districts
Population
Area
Central
638,604 inhabitants
147,730 km²
Ghanzi
38,710 inhabitants
117,910 km²
Kgalagadi
49,415 inhabitants
106,940 km²
Kgatleng
85,105 inhabitants
7,960 km²
Kweneng
282,515 inhabitants
35,890 km²
Nord-Est
160,928 inhabitants
5,120 km²
Nord-Ouest
169,831 inhabitants
129,930 km²
Sud
203,482 inhabitants
28,470 km²
Sud-Est
364,377 inhabitants
1,780 km²
See also
