LANGUAGES
- Official Language:
- 1. Kalanga
: 850,000
- 2. English
: 56,000
Mother Tongue : Kalanga
Literacy Rate (%) : 88.50
Country Capital | : | Gaborone |
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GDP Per capita | : | 20,798 |
GDP Per Capita Rank | : | 88th/195 |
Life Expectancy | : | 69 |
Unemployment Rate | : | 23 |
Number of Internet Users | : | 1,933,677 |
Internet Users Rank | : | 133rd/195 |
Area | : | 566,767 |
Area Rank | : | 46th/195 |
Total Population | : | 2,562 |
Total Population Rank | : | 143rd/195 |
Botswana Highlights
Botswana is the 143rd ranked country in population and 46th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.
Better than World Average-
- 1. Botswana is the 1st highest ranked in Kalanga out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Kalanga when compared to other countries.
- 2. The average Diamond prod. of 195 countries in the world is 10. Botswana is the 2nd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that the country has higher foreign earnings through Diamond exports or indicate higher economic growth potential.
- 3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Botswana is the 3rd highest ranked in Ndebele . This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Ndebele when compared to other countries.
Worse than World Average-
- 1. Botswana is the 47th worst ranked in Total No. of Doctors out of 195 countries in the world. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population
- 2. The average Total No. of Pharmacists of the countries in the world is 19,528. Botswana is the 50th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population
- 3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Botswana is the 52nd worst ranked in Total Military Force . This may indicate that the country is facing lesser threats compared to other countries.
Botswana Metrics
Language Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Kalanga | # People | 7,948 | 1 | 1129 | ||
2 | Kalanga as a % of total Kalanga speakers | % People | 0 | 1 | 1128 | ||
3 | Tswana as a % of total Tswana speakers | % People | 0 | 2 | 1128 | ||
4 | Ndebele | # People | 20,528 | 3 | 1125 | ||
5 | Ndebele as a % of total Ndebele speakers | % People | 0 | 3 | 1130 | ||
6 | Afrikaans | # People | 1,147 | 5 | 1125 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | English as a % of total English speakers | % People | 0 | 39 | 1233 | ||
2 | English | # People | 3,175,743 | 35 | 1232 | ||
3 | Afrikaans as a % of total Afrikaans speakers | % People | 0 | 8 | 1231 | ||
4 | Shona | # People | 43,420 | 3 | 1234 | ||
5 | Shona as a % of total Shona speakers | % People | 0 | 3 | 1234 |
Nature Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Tree density. | Density | 9 | 1 | 1127 | ||
2 | Tree density . | Density | 8 | 1 | 1129 | ||
3 | Diamond prod. | Tons | 10 | 2 | 1128 | ||
4 | Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced % | Weight | 10 | 2 | 1130 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 588,164 | 157 | 1233 | ||
2 | Cow Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 3,855,383 | 142 | 1233 | ||
3 | Potatoes prod. | Tons | 2,538,925 | 137 | 1233 | ||
4 | Onion prod. | Tons | 773,539 | 120 | 1233 | ||
5 | Wheat prod. | Tons | 6,698,590 | 105 | 1230 | ||
6 | Number of Cows | Count | 8,697,624 | 105 | 1231 | ||
7 | Cows (% of Total Cows) | Percent | 0 | 105 | 1233 | ||
8 | Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production) | Percent | 0 | 76 | 1235 | ||
9 | Sweet Potatoes prod. | Tons | 895,180 | 89 | 1235 | ||
10 | Orange Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 618,959 | 89 | 1230 | ||
11 | Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production) | Percent | 0 | 83 | 1233 | ||
12 | Cow Beef Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 320,761 | 85 | 1235 | ||
13 | Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production) | Percent | 0 | 76 | 1235 | ||
14 | Goat Meat Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 46,111 | 76 | 1233 | ||
15 | Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production) | Percent | 0 | 71 | 1231 | ||
16 | Goat Milk Production (in tonnes) | Weight | 196,989 | 72 | 1231 | ||
17 | Number of Trees | Count | 15,642,617,148 | 50 | 1233 | ||
18 | Forest Area. | Area | 21,142,892 | 43 | 1235 | ||
19 | Country forest area / Global Forest area % | 0 | 43 | 1230 | |||
20 | Coal Production (% of Total Coal Production) | Percent | 1 | 36 | 1230 | ||
21 | Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons) | Weight | 121,850 | 40 | 1230 |
Education Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 27 | 1 | 1129 | ||
2 | Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %. | % People | 36 | 1 | 1126 | ||
3 | Literacy Rate (%) | % People | 86 | 127 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Total Literate Pop. | # People | 34,678,001 | 140 | 1232 | ||
2 | # Students per teacher in secondary edu. | Ratio | 31 | 1 | 1235 | ||
3 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop. | % People | 28 | 127 | 1235 | ||
4 | Teachers as a % of Enrolment | % People | 41 | 129 | 1231 | ||
5 | Teachers in secondary edu. | # People | 659,923 | 127 | 1231 | ||
6 | Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %. | % People | 23 | 126 | 1231 | ||
7 | Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes) | # People | 4,618,191 | 120 | 1232 | ||
8 | Enrolment in primary edu. | # People | 5,059,423 | 113 | 1231 | ||
9 | Teachers in tertiary edu. | # People | 297,976 | 109 | 1231 | ||
10 | # Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary) | # People | 2,858,694 | 105 | 1231 | ||
11 | Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 104 | 1235 | ||
12 | Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 104 | 1234 | ||
13 | # Students per teacher in tertiary edu. | Ratio | 32 | 1 | 1230 | ||
14 | # Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary) | # People | 38,831,325 | 73 | 1234 | ||
15 | # Students per teacher in Primary edu. | Ratio | 260 | 16 | 1232 |
Work Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Unemployment Rate. | % People | 7 | 3 | 1130 | ||
2 | Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %. | % People | 56 | 65 | 1127 | ||
3 | Employment in services/Total Labour force %. | % People | 56 | 65 | 1129 | ||
4 | Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force % | % People | 58 | 75 | 1128 | ||
5 | Employment in Services /Total pop.%. | % People | 25 | 76 | 1126 | ||
6 | Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %. | % People | 76 | 92 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Total Labour Force (2021) | # People | 20,409,734 | 137 | 1232 | ||
2 | Non-Agricultural Labour Force | # People | 15,067,127 | 130 | 1233 | ||
3 | Employment in Services | # People | 10,251,634 | 128 | 1235 | ||
4 | Formal Jobs | # People | 10,605,934 | 126 | 1231 | ||
5 | Employment in Agriculture | # People | 5,314,003 | 117 | 1234 | ||
6 | Total Labour Force/Total Pop. | % People | 43 | 106 | 1233 | ||
7 | Labour Force Participation | # People | 14,659,929 | 104 | 1234 | ||
8 | Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % . | % People | 23 | 86 | 1233 | ||
9 | Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %. | % People | 23 | 86 | 1233 | ||
10 | Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %. | % People | 9 | 84 | 1231 | ||
11 | Unemployed Labour Force. | # People | 1,511,199 | 64 | 1233 |
Media Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | # Phone Numbers /Total Pop. % | Percent | 101 | 30 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | # Mobile phone numbers | Count | 40,393,496 | 133 | 1235 |
Demography Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Population Growth Rate (%) | % People | 0 | 61 | 1126 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Female % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 83 | 1234 | ||
2 | Total Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 42,003 | 143 | 1234 | ||
3 | Male Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 21,226 | 143 | 1235 | ||
4 | Female Population (2025) | # People (In Thousands) | 20,993 | 141 | 1232 | ||
5 | Births | # People (In Thousands) | 681 | 123 | 1233 | ||
6 | Male % of Total Pop. | % People | 50 | 39 | 1233 |
Urbanization Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Urban Population / Total Population % . | % People | 60 | 65 | 1130 | ||
2 | Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.% | % People | 14 | 47 | 1128 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 21 | 132 | 1235 | ||
2 | Pop. with access to Electricity (%) | % People | 86 | 149 | 1231 | ||
3 | # Cities>100000 | # Cities | 23 | 123 | 1235 | ||
4 | Rural Pop. | # People | 18,013,759 | 139 | 1235 | ||
5 | Urban Population (2021) | # People | 23,726,053 | 134 | 1233 | ||
6 | Rural Pop. /Total Pop. % | % People | 40 | 131 | 1231 |
Culture Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Christian Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 42 | 74 | 1129 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Islamic Pop./Total Pop.% | % People | 22 | 152 | 1235 | ||
2 | Islamic Population | # People | 9,936,734 | 143 | 1235 | ||
3 | World Heritage Sites | Count | 7 | 111 | 1233 | ||
4 | # Olympic Medals | Count | 157 | 95 | 1232 | ||
5 | Christian Population | # People | 11,885,917 | 99 | 1231 | ||
6 | Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.% | % People | 0 | 97 | 1233 | ||
7 | Jewish Population | # People | 78,295 | 77 | 1234 | ||
8 | Total Medals | Count | 12 | 58 | 1233 | ||
9 | Silver Medal | Count | 3 | 40 | 1235 | ||
10 | Gold Medal | Count | 3 | 38 | 1234 |
Internet Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Above than World Average- |
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1 | Int. Users / Total Pop.% | % People | 70 | 100 | 1125 | ||
Below than World Average- |
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1 | Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users | % People | 0 | 123 | 1235 | ||
2 | Internet Users | # People | 28,408,774 | 133 | 1235 | ||
3 | Facebook CPC in Rs. | Absolute | 5 | 129 | 1232 | ||
4 | FB Users / Total Int. Users %. | % People | 31 | 132 | 1230 | ||
5 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users | % People | 0 | 112 | 1234 | ||
6 | FB Users / Total Pop. %. | % People | 25 | 125 | 1235 | ||
7 | Twitter users | # People | 3,173,740 | 125 | 1234 | ||
8 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users | % People | 0 | 114 | 1230 | ||
9 | Facebook users | # People | 6,757,917 | 124 | 1230 | ||
10 | LinkedIn users | # People | 6,388,891 | 116 | 1235 | ||
11 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 14 | 117 | 1234 | ||
12 | Twitter Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 13 | 108 | 1235 | ||
13 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users | % People | 35 | 95 | 1232 | ||
14 | LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population | % People | 31 | 91 | 1231 |
Governance Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | Military Force/Total World Military Force %. | % People | 0 | 144 | 1231 | ||
2 | Total Military Force | # People | 358,465 | 144 | 1231 | ||
3 | Military Force/Total Pop. % | % People | 1 | 99 | 1234 | ||
4 | Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %. | Percent | 0 | 84 | 1230 | ||
5 | Military Budget (in Billion $) | $ Billion | 15 | 89 | 1233 | ||
6 | Police Officers | # People | 138,224 | 80 | 1230 |
Health Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | Total No. of Doctors | # People | 78,648 | 149 | 1232 | ||
2 | Total No. of Pharmacists | # People | 19,528 | 146 | 1230 | ||
3 | Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes | Age | 73 | 134 | 1232 | ||
4 | Dentist (per 10,000) | People per 10000 | 31 | 124 | 1234 | ||
5 | Dentist to doctor ratio | Ratio | 3 | 84 | 1233 |
Wealth Metrics
Sr. | Title | Metric | World Average | Rank out of 195 | Value | ||
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Below than World Average- |
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1 | Imports/Total Imports of the World %. | 0 | 123 | 1234 | |||
2 | GDP as a % of Total GDP | Percent | 0 | 112 | 1232 | ||
3 | Corporate Tax Rates in % | Rate | 23 | 118 | 1235 | ||
4 | Import of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 183,299 | 124 | 1233 | ||
5 | Exports /Total Exports of the World %. | 0 | 111 | 1232 | |||
6 | GDP (Billions USD) 2025 | $ Billions | 613 | 123 | 1230 | ||
7 | Export of Goods and Services (in Million $) | Amount | 186,399 | 114 | 1234 | ||
8 | FDI (millions USD) | Amount | 3,115 | 103 | 1231 | ||
9 | FDI / Total FDI of the World %. | 0 | 98 | 1233 | |||
10 | Imports /Total GDP of the Country %. | 53 | 100 | 1233 | |||
11 | Exports/Total GDP of the Country %. | 46 | 97 | 1230 | |||
12 | GDP Per Capita (USD) | $ | 30,070 | 88 | 1233 |
Botswana Language Details
Sr. | Language | % of people speaking the language in country. |
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1 | English | 2.19 % |
2 | Shona | 0.43 % |
List of cities having more than 100K population in Botswana
Sr. | City | Total City Population (2023) |
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1 | Gaborone | 287,370 |
2 | Francistown | 105,033 |
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