Botsuana - Daten & Fakten

total: 581,730 sq km

land: 566,730 sq km

water: 15,000 sq km

agricultural land: 45.8% (2018 est.)

arable land: 0.6% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 45.2% (2018 est.)

forest: 19.8% (2018 est.)

other: 34.4% (2018 est.)

Southern Africa, north of South Africa

0-14 years: 29.17% (male 355,951/female 349,283)

15-64 years: 64.88% (male 745,327/female 823,267)

65 years and over: 5.95% (2023 est.) (male 57,876/female 85,892)

19.95 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

8.98 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Setswana 77.3%, Sekalanga 7.4%, Shekgalagadi 3.4%, English (official) 2.8%, Zezuru/Shona 2%, Sesarwa 1.7%, Sembukushu 1.6%, Ndebele 1%, other 2.8% (2011 est.)

total population: 66.04 years

male: 63.98 years

female: 68.16 years (2023 est.)

269,000 GABORONE (capital) (2018)

total: 25.7 years

male: 24.5 years

female: 26.7 years (2020 est.)

2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

the population is primarily concentrated in the east with a focus in and around the captial of Gaborone, and the far central-eastern city of Francistown; population density remains low in other areas in the country, especially in the Kalahari to the west as shown in this population distribution map

1.37% (2023 est.)

2.37 children born/woman (2023 est.)

urban population: 72.9% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

8.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

total: 12 years

male: 12 years

female: 12 years (2021)

-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

19.38% (2021 est.)

1.05 million (2021 est.)

19.3% (2009 est.)

24.72% (2021 est.)

24.93% (2020 est.)

22.61% (2019 est.)

19.66% of GDP (2020 est.)

16.22% of GDP (2019 est.)

15.23% of GDP (2018 est.)

7.24% (2021 est.)

1.89% (2020 est.)

2.77% (2019 est.)

$7.931 billion (2021 est.)

$4.81 billion (2020 est.)

$6.229 billion (2019 est.)

note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.

India 21%, Belgium 19%, United Arab Emirates 19%, South Africa 9%, Israel 7%, Hong Kong 6%, Singapore 5% (2019)

$9.277 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$7.413 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$7.696 billion (2019 est.)

South Africa 58%, Namibia 9%, Canada 7% (2019)

74 (2021)

total: 259,525 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2020 est.)

total: 1.924 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 74% (2021 est.)

total: 888 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 888 km (2014) 1.067-m gauge

total: 31,747 km (2017)

paved: 9,810 km (2017)

unpaved: 21,937 km (2017)

total subscriptions: 132,457 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2021 est.)

total subscriptions: 4,160,553 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 161 (2021 est.)