Nationality:
noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

Ethnic groups:
Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%

Languages:
Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English (official) 2.1%, other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

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

Population:
2,155,784
country comparison to the world: 145
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 32.9% (male 361,717/female 348,150)
15-24 years: 21.6% (male 231,576/female 234,852)
25-54 years: 37% (male 422,182/female 375,836)
55-64 years: 4.4% (male 42,099/female 52,917)
65 years and over: 4% (male 34,567/female 51,888) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 58.6 %
youth dependency ratio: 52.8 %
elderly dependency ratio: 5.9 %
potential support ratio: 17.1 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 22.8 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.26% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
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Birth rate:
21.34 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
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Death rate:
13.32 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
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Net migration rate:
4.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 28
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2014 est.)
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 61.7% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 2.07% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
GABORONE (capital) 202,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
19 (2007 est.)
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Maternal mortality rate:
160 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 61
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Infant mortality rate:
total: 9.38 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 145
male: 9.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 54.06 years
country comparison to the world: 210
male: 55.75 years
female: 52.32 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.37 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
52.8%
note: percent of women aged 12-49 (2007/08)
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Health expenditures:
5.1% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
0.34 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
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Hospital bed density:
1.8 beds/1,000 population (2010)
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Drinking water source:
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