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Botswana People 1996

Population:

1,392,414 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

43% (female 300,598; male 303,333)

15-64 years:

53% (female 398,347; male 344,838)

65 years and over:

4% (female 25,773; male 19,525) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.36% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

31.01 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

7.41 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

38 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

63.56 years

male:

60.54 years

female:

66.67 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

3.86 children born/woman (1995 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 can read and write (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)

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