Botswana

  • President:Mokgweetsi Masisi
  • Vice President:Slumber Tsogwane
  • Capital city:Gaborone
  • Languages:Setswana 77.3%, Sekalanga 7.4%, Shekgalagadi 3.4%, English (official) 2.8%, Zezuru/Shona 2%, Sesarwa 1.7%, Sembukushu 1.6%, Ndebele 1%, other 2.8% (2011 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:2,291,661 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:566,730 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:7,596 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:17.4 (2017)
  • GINI index:60.5 (2009)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:81 (2017)

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