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Botswana, like many nations in southern Africa, suffers from a high AIDS infection rates, estimated in a 2002 UN report to be 38.8% for adults. This could be an exaggeration as the UN and other reputable international institutions wrongly estimated 20-25% HIV infection rates in neighboring South Africa up until 2002. These estimates were revised to 11% after the publication of the 2002 Nelson Mandela study of HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Africa [1]. The numbers quoted here about the demographic impact of AIDS in Botswana (such as negative population growth) should be approached with this qualification in mind. Demographic data from the 2001 Botswana census are included for comparison with 2006 CIA estimates.

Contents 1 Demographic data from the 2006 CIA World Factbook 1.1 Population 1.2 Age structure 1.3 Median age 1.4 Population growth rate 1.5 Birth rate 1.6 Death rate 1.7 Deaths 1.8 Net migration rate 1.9 Sex ratio 1.10 Infant mortality rate 1.11 Life expectancy at birth 1.12 Total fertility rate 1.13 HIV/AIDS 1.14 Major infectious diseases 1.15 Nationality 1.16 Ethnic groups 1.17 Religions 1.18 Languages 1.19 Literacy 2 References

Selected demographic data from 2001 Botswana census included for comparison.

1,680,863 (2001)

1,639,833 (2006 est.)

Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.

0-14 years: 38.3% (male 319,531/female 309,074)

15-64 years: 57.9% (male 460,692/female 488,577)

65 years and over: 3.8% (male 23,374/female 38,585) (2006 est.)

Total: 19.4 years

Male: 18.8 years

Female: 20 years (2006 est.)

1.7% natural rate of increase per annum (2001)

2.4% with immigration included (2001)

-0.04% (2006 est.)

28.9 births/1,000 population (2001)

23.18 (2006 est.)

12.4 deaths/1,000 population (2001)

29.5 (2006 est.)

21,000 (2001, rounding up to nearest 1,000)

48,000 (2006 est., rounding down)

6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2006 est.)

At birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Total: 53.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 54.92 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 52.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Total population: 55.6 years

Male: 52.0 years

Female: 57.4 years (2001)

Total population: 33.74 years

Male: 33.9 years

Female: 33.56 years (2006 est.)

3.27 children born/woman (2001)

2.79 (2006 est.)

Adult prevalence rate: 37.3% (2003 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 350,000 (2003 est.)

Deaths due to AIDS: 33,000 (2003 est.)

No national survey of HIV/AIDS prevalency has been done in Botswana.

Degree of risk: high

Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

Vectorborne disease: malaria (2005)

Noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Tswana 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, Kgalagadi 3%, white 3%, other 1%

Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census)

Tswana 78.2%, Ikalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 79.8%

Male: 76.9%

Female: 82.4% (2003 est.)

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.

• Botswana Demographics 2001 Central Statistics Office (Botswana), Census and Demographic Statistics for the year 2001.