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<text id=94CT0195><title>Botswana—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Botswana<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 1,359,352 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.45% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 32.19 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 7.72 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 39.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 63.05 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 60.03 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 66.16 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 4.06 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Batswana 95%, Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi 4%, white 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 50%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> English (official), Setswana
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over able to read and write simple sentences (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 23%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 32%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 16%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 428,000 (1992)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> 220,000 formal sector employees, most others are engaged in cattle raising and subsistence agriculture (1992 est.); 14,300 are employed in various mines in South Africa (March 1992)
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