Name | Botswana |
Long name | Republic of Botswana |
Population (people) | 2,038,228 (2011) |
Population (source) | census |
Constitutional form | Republic |
Drives on | Left |
Head of state authority | Executive |
Main continent | Africa |
Number of airports | 76 |
Airports - with paved runways | 10 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | 66 |
Area (m²) | 581,730 |
Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 22 |
Calling code | |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 11 |
Current Account Balance (US$) | -476,600,000 |
Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 12 |
Debt - external (Billion US$) | 2 |
Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 3 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 1,358 |
Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
Electricity imports (million kWh) | 1,959 |
Electricity production (billion kWh) | 1 |
Exports (Billion $) | 6 |
GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 16,200 |
GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 30 |
GDP real growth rate (%) | 5 |
Gross national income (US$) | 63 |
Human Development Index | 1 |
Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 10 |
Heliports | |
HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 25 |
HIV AIDS deaths | 5,800 |
HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 320,000 |
Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 2 |
Capital city | Gaborone |
Currency | Botswana pula |
Imports (Billion $) | 6 |
Industrial production growth rate (%) | 11 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 10 |
Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 9 |
Internet hosts | 2,674 |
Internet tld | .bw |
Internet users | 120,000 |
Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 28 |
Iso 3166 code | BW |
ISO CODE | BWA |
Labor force | 1,269,000 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) | 56 |
Literacy (%) | 85 |
Manpower available for military service | 557,647 |
Manpower fit for military service | 340,949 |
Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 23,649 |
Is democracy | Yes |
Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | 4,107,000,064 |
Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 160 |
Merchant marine | |
Military expenditures percent of GDP | 3 |
Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 0 |
Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 0 |
Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | 5 |
Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 15,000 |
Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 7 |
Oil exports (bbl/day) | 0 |
Oil imports (bbl/day) | 15,590 |
Oil production (bbl/day) | 0 |
Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 0 |
Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
Population below poverty line (%) | 30 |
Population census (people) | 2,038,228 (2011) |
Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 4 |
Population estimate (people) | 2,155,784 (2014) |
Population growth rate (%) | 1 |
Public debt (% of GDP) | 15 |
Railways (km) | 888 |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 8,673,999,872 |
Roadways (km) | 25,798 |
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
Telephones main lines in use | 149,600 |
Telephones main lines in use per capita | 7 |
Telephones mobile cellular | 2,900,000 |
Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 140 |
Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 2 |
Unemployment rate (%) | 8 |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | |
Waterways (km) | |
Valley | Garamotlhose Valley, Kaswabenga Valley, Magogodi Valley, Moselebe Dry Valley, Selokolela Dry Valley |
Helicopter | |
Canyon | |
Artillery | |
Crater | |
Religion | |
Continent | Africa |
Border | Botswana–South Africa border, Frontière entre le Botswana et la Namibie, Frontière entre le Botswana et la Zambie, Frontière entre le Botswana et le Zimbabwe |
Plateau | |
Marsh | |
Demonym | motswana |