Population: 1,359,352 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.45% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 32.19 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 7.72 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 39.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 63.05 years
male: 60.03 years
female: 66.16 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.06 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Ethnic divisions: Batswana 95%, Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi 4%, white 1%

Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%

Languages: English (official), Setswana

Literacy: age 15 and over able to read and write simple sentences (1990 est.)
total population: 23%
male: 32%
female: 16%
Labor force: 428,000 (1992)
by occupation: 220,000 formal sector employees, most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1992 est.); 14,300 are employed in various mines in South Africa (March 1992)

NOTE: The information regarding Botswana on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Botswana People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Botswana People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.