| Population | 2,098,018 (July 2012 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 33.5% (male 358,254/female 345,115)
15-24 years: 21.9% (male 227,527/female 232,004)
25-54 years: 36.4% (male 399,506/female 364,381)
55-64 years: 4.2% (male 39,161/female 49,499)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 33,200/female 49,371) (2012 est.) |
| Median age | total: 22.5 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 22.5 years (2012 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.477% (2012 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.02 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) |
| Death rate | 12 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 4.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2012 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 61% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major cities - population | GABORONE (capital) 196,000 (2009) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 10.49 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 55.74 years
male: 56.93 years
female: 54.51 years (2012 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.46 children born/woman (2012 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 24.8% (2009 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 320,000 (2009 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 5,800 (2009 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved:
urban: 74% of population
rural: 39% of population
total: 60% of population
unimproved:
urban: 26% of population
rural: 61% of population
total: 40% of population |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2009) |
| Nationality | noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) |
| Ethnic groups | Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7% |
| Religions | Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census) |
| Languages | Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English (official) 2.1%, other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.5%
male: 84%
female: 84.9% (2010 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2007) |
| Education expenditures | 8.9% of GDP (2009) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 160 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 10.7% (2000) |
| Health expenditures | 10.3% of GDP (2009) |
| Physicians density | 0.336 physicians/1,000 population (2006) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.81 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
