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People
2,029,307
country comparison to the world: 
144
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 34.8% (male 352,399/female 340,058)
15-64 years: 61.4% (male 613,714/female 608,003)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 31,155/female 45,547) (2010 est.)
total: 22 years
male: 21.8 years
female: 22.1 years (2010 est.)
1.843% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
22.54 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
9.02 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
4.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 17
note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2010 est.)
urban population: 60% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 11.79 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 143
male: 12.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 60.93 years
country comparison to the world: 183
male: 61.11 years
female: 60.75 years (2010 est.)
2.54 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
23.9% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
300,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 23
11,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2009)
noun: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
adjective: Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)
Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%
Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census)
Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.2%
male: 80.4%
female: 81.8% (2003 est.)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2006)
8.1% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 10
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