Population: 1,258,392 (July 1991), growth rate 2.7% (1991)

Birth rate: 36 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 43 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 59 years male, 65 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 4.6 children born/woman (1991)

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

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

Religion: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%

Language: English (official), Setswana

Literacy: 23% (male 32%, female 16%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

Labor force: 400,000; 182,200 formal sector employees, most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1988 est.); 19,000 are employed in various mines in South Africa (1988)

Organized labor: 19 trade unions

NOTE: The information regarding Botswana on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Botswana People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Botswana People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.