Botswana
Republic of Botswana

Missions teams in Botswana Rod and Jan Best Jonathan and Janet Jere

geography
Area 581,730 sq km.
The Kalahari Desert covers 80% of the country.
Dry and prone to severe droughts.

capital
Gaberone 180,000.
Urbanites 29%.

population
2000    1,622,220
2010    1,831,933
2025    2,241,857

people
Bantu 94.8% - Tswana 70%. Eight major tribes, most living along south- eastern border with South Africa.
Other 24.8%. Kalanga 240.,000; Ndebele 30,000; Herero 25,000; Yeyi 23,000; Lozi 20,000; Pdei 16,000; Shona 15,000; Mbukushu 8,000; Subia 7,000.
San (Bushmen) 3.4%. Speaking 32 languages and dialects.
Other 1.8%. Zimbabwean, Angolan, South African and South Asian.

literacy
86%.

language
Official Language: English. National language Tswana.
All Languages: 26.
Languages with Scriptures: 3Bi 1NT 2por 3w.i.p.

religion
Complete freedom of religion.
After two centuries of having the gospel, the old tribal religions remain strong, and often spiritually unchallenged.

Religions Christian Traditional ethnic Baha'I Muslim Hindu Non-religious/other

Population % 66.89 31.86 0.77 0.20 0.14 0.14

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