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Botswana, Namibia explore joint funding for oil refinery • May 17, 2025, 6:14 AM ET (The Namibian)
Tebogo of Botswana takes 200-metre Doha Diamond League Doha event, Canada's Brown 4th • May 16, 2025, 1:59 PM ET (CBC)
Nandi-Ndaitwah undertakes state visits to Botswana, Zambia • May 15, 2025, 3:58 AM ET (The Namibian)
Botswana Eyes Spending Cuts as Diamond Slump Hits Economy • Apr. 30, 2025, 6:46 AM ET (Bloomberg.com)
Premium Resources Confirms High-Grade Copper-Nickel Zone in Botswana, Begins Resource Expansion • Apr. 22, 2025, 5:51 AM ET (Globe and Mail)

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Also Known As Bechuanaland • Republic of Botswana
Head Of State And Government President: Duma Boko
Capital Gaborone3
Population (2025 est.) 2,475,000
Currency Exchange Rate 1 USD equals 13.803 Botswana pula
Form Of Government multiparty republic with one legislative house1 (National Assembly [632])
Official Language English4
Official Religion none
Official Name Republic of Botswana
Total Area (Sq Km) 581,730
Total Area (Sq Mi) 224,606
Monetary Unit pula (P)
Population Rank (2025) 144
Population Projection 2030 2,742,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi (2025) 11
Density: Persons Per Sq Km (2025) 4.3
Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2024) 73.5% • Rural: (2024) 26.2%
Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (2022) 63.6 years • Female: (2022) 67.7 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate Male: (2013) 86% • Female: (2013) 87%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000) (2023) 20,694
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) (2023) 8,340
1In addition, the Ntlo ya Dikgosi (known as the House of Chiefs in English), a 35-member body consisting of chiefs, subchiefs, and associated members, serves in an advisory capacity to the government. 2Includes 4 specially elected members and 2 ex officio members (the president and the attorney general); the statutory number (63) includes the speaker, who may be appointed from outside the National Assembly.3The high court meets in Lobatse.4Tswana is the national language.

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Pres. Duma Boko
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Ian Khama
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Sir Hercules Robinson
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South African anthropologist
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John Mackenzie
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Khama, Sir Seretse
Sir Seretse Khama
president of Botswana
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