This article is about the demographic

Demographics

Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology , public policy, and marketing. Commonly examined demographics include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location...

 features of the population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

, including population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

, ethnicity

Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...

, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

, like many nations in southern Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, suffers from a high AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

 infection rates, estimated in a 2002 UN report to be 38.8% for adults. Demographic data from the 2001 Botswana census are included for comparison with 2006 CIA estimates.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the 2011 CIA World Factbook.

Selected demographic data from the 2001 Botswana census is included for comparison.

Population

1,680,863 (2001)

2,065,398 (July 2011 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.

Age structure

0-14 years: 38.3% (male 319,531/female 309,074)

15-64 years: 57.9% (male 460,692/female 488,577)

65 years and over: 3.8% (male 23,374/female 38,585) (2006 est.)

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) (2010 est.)

Net migration rate

5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into Botswana

Zimbabweans in Botswana

-Numbers and distribution:Economic and political problems in Zimbabwe have led to significant increases in migration to Botswana since the early 2000s. By 2003, it was estimated that there were 40,000 Zimbabwean migrants in the country, of whom only one-third were resident legally. Many reside in...

 and South Africa in search of better economic opportunities.

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(s)

15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female(s)

65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female(S)

Total population: 1 male(s)/female(S) (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: 60.93 years

Male: 61.11 years

Female: 60.75 years (2010 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 23.9% (2007 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 300,000 (2007 est.)

Deaths due to AIDS: 11,000 (2007 est.)

No national survey of HIV/AIDS prevalency has been done in Botswana.

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 79%, Kalanga

Kalanga

Kalanga may refer to:* BaKalanga people* Kalanga language* Kalanga, Togo...

 11%, Basarwa 3%, Kgalagadi

Kgalagadi

Kgalagadi is a district in southwest Botswana, lying along the country's border with Namibia and South Africa. The administrative center is Tshabong. Kgalagadi covers a vast area of the Kalahari Desert. It has a total area of 105,200 km², and has a population of only 42,000...

 3%, White African

White African

White Africans are people of European descent living in Africa, who identify themselves as White....

 3%, other 1%

Religions

Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 71.6%, Badimo

Badimo

Badimo is a name for the indigenous African Traditional Religion of Botswana. Although the CIA Factbook states that six percent of Botswanas are practitioners, in reality a great majority of Botswana follow at least some of the traditions deemed Badimo even if they are strong followers of another...

 6%, other 1.4%, Islam 0.3%, Buddhist 0.1%, none 20.6% (2001 census)

Languages

Tswana

Tswana language

Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi...

 78.2%, Ikalanga

Ikalanga language

The Kalanga language, or Ikalanga/TjiKalanaga, is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people, 150,000 in Botswana and 700,000 in Zimbabwe . It is a Bantu language known for its extensive phoneme inventory, which includes palatalized, velarized, aspirated, and breathy voiced consonants...

 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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% (2007 est.)