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Republic of Botswana
President: Festus Mogae (1998)
Area: 231,800 sq. mi. (600,370 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 1,464,167 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.05%); birth rate: 31.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 59.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 6
Capital and largest city (1992 est.): Gaborone, 138,000
Monetary unit: Pula
Languages: English, Setswana
Ethnicity/race: Batswana 95%, Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi 4%, white 1%
Religions: indigenous beliefs, 50%; Christian, 50%
Literacy rate: 74%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $5.25 billion, $3,600 per capita. Real growth rate: 3%. Inflation: 9% (1997 est.). Unemployment: 20%–40% (1997 est.). Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: sorghum, maize, millet, pulses, groundnuts (peanuts), beans, cowpeas, sunflower seed; livestock. Labor force: (1995), 235,000 formal sector employees; 100,000 public sector; 135,000 private sector including 14,300 who are employed in various mines in South Africa; most others engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1995 est.). Industry: diamonds, copper, nickel, coal, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing. Natural resources: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver. Exports: $2.25 billion (f.o.b. 1998 est.): diamonds 76%, copper, nickel 4%, meat (1997). Imports: $2.43 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment, textiles, petroleum products. Major trading partners: EU, Southern African Customs Union (SACU), Zimbabwe.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
