Africa · Southern Africa

Botswana

Republic of Botswana

CapitalGaborone

Population2,562,122World Bank 2025

Area582,000 km²

CurrencyBWP — Botswana pula

LanguagesEnglish, Tswana

Calling code+267

Time zones

GDPUSD 19.93B

GDP per capitaUSD 7.8K

Life expectancy69.3 years

Internet users57.5%

What this means

Botswana is in Africa (Southern Africa). About 2.56M people live there, or roughly 4.4 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 7.8K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.

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Neighboring countries

Namibia South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe

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