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Botswana

Botswana / BW

01 / BASIC INFORMATION

Botswana in numbers.

Area581,730 kmยฒWorld # 49 โ†’Population2.6MWorld # 143 โ†’Population density4.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 205 โ†’Life expectancy69.3 yearsWorld # 156 โ†’GDP per capitaUS$ 7,778World # 115 โ†’

02 / ALL RANKINGS

Botswana across 51 rankings.

Essentials

Area581,730 kmยฒWorld # 49 / 2023 โ†’Population2.6MWorld # 143 / 2025 โ†’Population density4.4 people/kmยฒWorld # 205 / Population 2025 ยท area 2023 โ†’Independence / founding reference year1,966World # 59 / CIA World Factbook 2025 archive โ†’

People & society

Population growth1.6%World # 66 / 2025 โ†’Total fertility rate2.7World # 65 / 2024 โ†’Birth rate24.4 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 54 / 2024 โ†’Death rate5.7 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 167 / 2024 โ†’Median age22.9 yearsWorld # 174 / 2023 โ†’Population aged 65+4.1%World # 162 / 2025 โ†’Population aged 0โ€“1432%World # 60 / 2025 โ†’Urban population68%World # 98 / 2025 โ†’Net migration-5.7KWorld # 139 / 2025 โ†’Net migration rate-2.2 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 162 / 2025 โ†’International migrant share4.6%World # 114 / 2024 โ†’

Health

Life expectancy69.3 yearsWorld # 156 / 2024 โ†’Healthy life expectancy53.1 yearsWorld # 171 / 2021 โ†’Physicians per 1,000 people0.4 per 1,000 peopleWorld # 147 / 2023 โ†’Smoking rate18%World # 88 / 2024 โ†’

Economy & work

GDP per capitaUS$ 7,778World # 115 / 2025 โ†’Nominal GDPUS$ 19.9BWorld # 136 / 2025 โ†’GDP per capita (PPP)US$ 20,698World # 104 / 2025 โ†’Real GDP growth-0.7%World # 198 / 2025 โ†’Inflation2.7%World # 103 / 2025 โ†’Unemployment24.5%World # 4 / 2025 โ†’Youth unemployment46%World # 5 / 2025 โ†’Average annual working hours2,258 hours/yearWorld # 22 / 2023 โ†’Average sleep timeNo dataNo rank โ†’Income inequality (Gini index)54.9World # 2 / 2015 โ†’

Education & science

Education spending (% of GDP)8.1%World # 8 / 2020 โ†’Researchers per million people179.8 per million peopleWorld # 98 / 2013 โ†’R&D spending (% of GDP)0.6%World # 65 / 2013 โ†’Patent applications per million people1.2 per million peopleWorld # 117 / 2021 โ†’

Food & agriculture

Calorie supply per person2,714 kcal/dayWorld # 131 / 2023 โ†’Meat supply per person43.3 kg/person/yearWorld # 115 / 2023 โ†’Rice productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Wheat production1.3K tWorld # 110 / 2024 โ†’Coffee productionNo dataNo rank โ†’Coffee consumption per personNo dataNo rank โ†’

Environment & digital

Forest area26.3%World # 115 / 2023 โ†’Electricity use per person1,641 kWh/personWorld # 92 / 2023 โ†’COโ‚‚ emissions per person3 tWorld # 111 / 2024 โ†’Internet use57.5%World # 154 / 2024 โ†’Mobile subscriptions164 per 100 peopleWorld # 21 / 2024 โ†’

Safety & politics

Homicide rate11.4 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 33 / 2021 โ†’Road traffic death rate26.4 per 100,000 peopleWorld # 44 / 2019 โ†’Military spending (% of GDP)2.8%World # 35 / 2024 โ†’Women in parliament9%World # 174 / 2025 โ†’

Travel & culture

International tourist arrivals1.8MWorld # 73 / 2018 โ†’International tourism receiptsUS$ 217MWorld # 128 / 2020 โ†’World Heritage sites2 sitesWorld # 114 / 2026-07 โ†’

03 / CULTURE & INDUSTRY

Society, culture and industry.

Largest religious groupChristianity2011 / 79.1%Main languageEnglishMain functional languageLeading electricity sourceCoal2024Top export categoryGems, precious metals and glass2023Most mapped OSM sportFootball and futsal591 facilities countedWriting directionLeft to rightEnglishLargest staple-food calorie sourceMaize2023Current currencyPulaBWPDriving sideLeft-hand trafficSide of the road used by trafficCountry-name originPeoples and ethnic groupsTswana people