Southern Africa
Botswana
Republic of Botswana
Core facts
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Population
- 2,359,609
- Area
- 582,000 km^2
- Country code
- BWA
- Flag emoji
- 🇧🇼
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 4.1 per km^2
- Calling code
- +267
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Tswana
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- Botswana
- Demonyms (EN)
- Motswana / Motswana
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Alternative spellings
- BW, Republic of Botswana, Lefatshe la Botswana
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- -22.00, 24.00
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Borders
- NAM, ZAF, ZMB, ZWE
- Border countries count
- 4
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Botswana pula (P)
- Top-level domain
- .bw
- FIFA code
- BOT
- Capital coordinates
- -24.63, 25.90
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 53.3 (2015)
- Coat of arms
