Key demographics
- Population
- 2.4M
- Density
- 4.1/km²
- HDI
- 0.731 (High)
- GDP per capita
- $7,380
- Gini index (2016)
- 45.5
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 69.3 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.70
- Urban population (2025)
- 68.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 71.2%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- 11.0%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 56.3%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 68.0%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 24.4 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.7 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.70
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 32.1 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 39.6%
- Tourism (2018)
- 1.8M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Tswana | Setswana |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 79.1% |
| No religion | 15.2% |
| Badimo | 4.1% |
| Baháʼà fatih | 1.4% |
| Unspecified | 0.3% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Tswana | 79.0% |
| Kalanga | 11.0% |
| San | 3.0% |
| Others | 7.0% |
- Demonym (male)
- Motswana
- Demonym (female)
- Motswana
- National anthem
- Fatshe leno la rona
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 69.3 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 53.1 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 6.3% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 32.1/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 60/100
- Hospital beds (2022)
- 2.4/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.38/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 3.02/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $490
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 4.3%
Education and technology
- Education spending (2020)
- 8.1% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 391
- Internet users (2024)
- 57.5%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 164.0/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 7.4/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 471/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 7.4
Geography and practical
- Area
- 581,730 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Calling codes
- +267
- TLD
- .bw
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.
- National anthem
- Fatshe leno la rona
- National holiday
- 1966-09-30