_#_Infant mortality rate: 43 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 59 years male, 65 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 4.6 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun and adjective—Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)

_#_Ethnic divisions: Batswana 95%; Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi about 4%; white about 1%

_#_Religion: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%

_#_Language: English (official), Setswana

_#_Literacy: 23% (male 32%, female 16%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: 400,000; 182,200 formal sector employees, most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1988 est.); 19,000 are employed in various mines in South Africa (1988)

_#_Organized labor: 19 trade unions