People (Botswana)
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     Population:
         1,292,210 (July 1992), growth rate 2.6% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         35 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         8 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         42 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         59 years male, 65 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         4.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun and ajective - Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
     Ethnic divisions:
         Batswana 95%; Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi about 4%; white about 1%
     Religions:
         indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
     Languages:
         English (official), Setswana
     Literacy:
         23% (male 32%, female 16%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         400,000; 198,500 formal sector employees, most others are engaged in cattle
         raising and subsistence agriculture (1990 est.); 14,600 are employed in
         various mines in South Africa (1990)
     Organized labor:
         19 trade unions