Botswana Demographics Profile 2009

Population

1,990,876
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 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 34.8% (male 352,399/female 340,058)
15-64 years: 61.4% (male 613,714/female 608,003)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 31,155/female 45,547) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 21.7 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 21.9 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

1.937% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

22.89 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

8.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

5 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 60% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 12.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 61.85 years
male: 61.72 years
female: 61.99 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.6 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

23.9% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

300,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

11,000 (2007 est.)

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 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.2%
male: 80.4%
female: 81.8% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)

Education expenditures

8.7% of GDP (2007)