ACOG - Botswana  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa

Area:
total area: 600,370 sq km
land area: 585,370 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas

Land boundaries: total 4,013 km, Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe 813km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 1,392,414 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 300,598; male 303,333)
15-64 years: 53% (female 398,347; male 344,838)
65 years and over: 4% (female 25,773; male 19,525)

Population growth rate: 2.36% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 31.01 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.41 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 38 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 63.56 years
male: 60.54 years
female: 66.67 years

Total fertility rate: 3.86 children born/woman

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

Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%

Languages: English (official), Setswana

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


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Botswana
conventional short form: Botswana

Type: parliamentary republic

Capital: Gaborone

Independence: 30 September 1966 (from UK)

Constitution: March 1965, effective 30 September 1966


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.3 billion

National product real growth rate: 1%

National product per capita: $3,130

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10%

Unemployment rate: 25%

Electricity:
capacity: 220,000 kW
production: 900 million kWh
consumption per capita: 694 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.