| Capital: | Gaborone |
Area: | 582,000 sq km |
| Population: | 1.7 million
The citizens of Botswana are called Batswana (Motswana in singular) |
| Indigenous population: | Approx. 55,000 San and approx. 4,000 Nama |
Legal recognition of
indigenous peoples: | None. The San (also known as Bushmen or Basarwa [Mosarwa])
and the Nama (Khoe) are usually referred to as "Remote Area
Dwellers" (RADs) |
| Language: | Setswana (national) and English (official) |
GDP per capita
(purchase power parity): | $8,500 (2002 estimate) |
Population below
poverty line: | 47% |
| Life expectancy: | 36 years |
HIV/AIDS-adult
prevalence rate: | 37% (2003 estimate) |
| Education: | 10-years free and universal until 2005. Fees in secondary schools
introduced in 2006. |
| Political system: | Parliamentary republic / multiparty democracy |
| Key sectors: | Diamond mining, tourism, cattle raising and subsistence farming |
