Total fertility rate: 3.86 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
Ethnic divisions: Batswana 95%, Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi 4%,
white 1%
Religions: indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
Languages: English (official), Setswana
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 23%
male: 32%
female: 16%
Labor force: 428,000 (1992)
by occupation: 220,000 formal sector employees, most others are
engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1992 est.);
14,300 are employed in various mines in South Africa (March 1992)
@Botswana:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Botswana
conventional short form: Botswana
former: Bechuanaland
Digraph: BC