Demographics of Botswana


This article is about the demographic features of the population of Botswana, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Botswana, like many nations in southern Africa, suffers from a high HIV infection rate, estimated among adults ages 15 to 49 to be 24.8%.

Population

Census results

Bechuanaland Protectorate

The seven censuses of Botswana before its independence happened irregularly. Due to the Anglo-Boer War, the first census of Bechuanaland Protectorate, originally set to occur in 1901, took place on 17 April 1904. The 1931 census was postponed to 1936 because of the Great Depression. The early censuses were unreliable and took several years to tabulate; the results were outdated by the time they were calculated.

Post-independence

There have been five censuses after the independence of Botswana, each occurring every ten years in the year ending in 1. The 1971 census was the first census in Botswana to use de facto enumeration; this method counts people based on how many people spent census night at a specific location. Previously, the citizens were counted based on their usual place of residence. The 2001 census was the first census in Botswana to comply with the SADC 2000 Census Project, the guidelines of which unify the demographic statistics in southern Africa. The most recent census was the 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census, which occurred in August 2011.

UN estimates

According to the total population was in, compared to only 413,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 32.6%, 63.4% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4% was 65 years or older.
Total populationPopulation aged 0–14 Population aged 15–64 Population aged 65+
1950413 00040.954.84.4
1955470 00042.453.44.2
1960524 00045.650.44.0
1965596 00048.448.23.5
1970693 00047.948.93.2
1975822 00047.150.12.8
1980996 00046.551.02.5
19851 183 00046.351.22.4
19901 382 00044.852.62.6
19951 586 00041.655.72.7
20001 758 00037.959.03.0
20051 876 00034.961.63.5
20102 007 00032.663.44.0

Vital statistics

Registration of vital events is in Botswana not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates.
Births and deaths
YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural increaseCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural increaseTFR
20112 024 90439 36813 30126 06719.46.313.1
20122 068 52940 85612 27028 58619.75.913.8
20132 110 05044 79411 96732 82721.25.615.6
20142 149 25541 74112 17729 56419.45.613.8
20152 185 90346 76513 03033 73521.46.015.4
20162 219 73249 98412 82537 15922.55.816.7
20172 254 02143 29012 38630 90419.25.513.7
20182 288 65654 02312 60941 41423.65.518.1

Source: Vital Statistics Report 2012.

Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy from 1950 to 2015 :
PeriodLife expectancy in
Years
1950–195547.67
1955–1960 49.71
1960–1965 51.61
1965–1970 53.37
1970–1975 56.07
1975–1980 59.32
1980–1985 61.75
1985–1990 62.54
1990–1995 59.86
1995–2000 51.31
2000–2005 49.15
2005–2010 56.52
2010–2015 62.91

Ethnic groups

Languages

Religions

Other demographic statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.
The following demographic statistics are from the 2018 CIA World Factbook.

Population

Age structure

Population growth rate

Birth rate

Death rate

Median age

Net migration rate

Urbanization

Sex ratio

Life expectancy at birth

Maternal mortality rate

HIV/AIDS

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

Major infectious diseases

Nationality

Literacy

Education expenditure

Sanitation facility access

Migrants

According to the United Nations, there were 166,430 international migrants in Botswana in 2017. Their most common countries of origin were as follows: