Botswana, Africa
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Gaborone, capital city of Botswana
Botswana is a Southern African democracy leveraging diamond revenues for education, maintaining strong fiscal discipline, and safeguarding world-class wildlife in the Okavango Delta.
Botswana in one word would be “Okavango,” meaning delta safari.
Botswana Flag
Botswana armorial
Botswana is a country on the Sub-Saharan Africa located in the Southern Africa sub‑region of the Africa continent.
Easy learning about Botswana |
The capital city of Botswana is Gaborone.
| Botswana is located in | Sub-Saharan Africa Southern Africa Africa Continent |
| Botswana has a population of | 2,480,244 inhabitants within a total area of 600,370 Km2 (373,052 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| Botswana’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 50 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.86 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | Botswana HDI ranks in position nº 111 worldwide HDI of 0.731 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| Botswana’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 88 countries Botswana passport ranks 55th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| Botswana GDP per capita is | $7,021 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| Botswana ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 22° 00' S, 24° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia. |
| Botswana Climate | semiarid; warm winters and hot summers |
| Most predominant religion | Christian, |
| Second most predominant religion | Badimo, |
| Currency name & code | Pula (BWP) |
| Internet ccTLD | .bw |
| Botswana calling code | +267 |
Botswana administrative divisions
10 districts and 6 town councils*
- Central,
- Chobe,
- Francistown*,
- Gaborone*,
- Ghanzi,
- Jwaneng*,
- Kgalagadi,
- Kgatleng,
- Kweneng,
- Lobatse*,
- North East,
- North West,
- Selebi-Phikwe*,
- South East,
- Southern,
- Sowa Town*
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