Volume 1 - Government of Botswana

Table 1.2 Demographic Indicators: 1971 to 2006
Population Characteristics
Census
1971
Census
1981
Census
1991
1998
Botswana
Demographic
Survey
Census
2001
2006 Botswana
Demographic
Survey
Enumerated Population 574,094 941,027 1,326,796 1,588,745 1,680,863 1,773,240
Male 262,121 443,104 634,400 749,000 813,583 851,655
Female 311,973 497,923 692,396 840,000 867,280 921,585
Non-Batswana 10,861 15,677 29,557 42,00 60,716 59,245
Botswana Nationals Abroad 45,735 42,069 38,606 * 28,210 *
Male (000's) 36.7 32.6 27.9 * 16.8 *
Female (000's) 9.1 9.4 10.7 * 11.4 *
Population Distribution (%)
0-4 17.6 18.8 14.6 12.6 11.6 12.0
5-14 29.9 28.8 28.6 27.3 25.0 23.4
15-64 46.9 47.6 51.8 54.6 58.2 58.2
15-49 39.4 40.8 45.5 47.9 52.0 52.3
65+ 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.0 5.0
Percentage of Females aged 15- 42.8 42.9 46.5 49.4 52.4 52.7
49 (out of total females)
Dependency Ratio (per 100) 113 110 93 83 72 68
Child-woman Ratio (per 1000) 759 819 602 430 442
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 84.0 89.0 92.0 89.0 93.8 92.4
Females)
Percentage Urban 9.0 17.7 45.7 45.0 54.2 59.6
Population Density (per km) 1.0 1.6 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.0
Birth, death and fertility rates
Crude Birth Rate (per 1000) 45.3 47.7 39.3 28.9 29.7
Crude Death Rate (per 1000) 13.7 13.9 11.5 10.1 12.4 11.2
Natural Rate of Increase (% per
annum) 3.1 3.4 2.7 * 1.7 1.9
General Fertility Rate (per 1000
women aged 15-49) 189 210 161 * 107 108
Mean age at childbearing 30.5 30.6 30.0 * 30.3 *
Total Fertility Rate (births per 6.5 6.6 4.2 3.4 3.3 3.2
woman)
Infant Mortality Rate 97 71 48 51 56 48
Child Mortality Rate 56 35 16 17 19 26
Under 5 Mortality 152 105 63 67 74 76
Life Expectancy at Birth 55.5 56.5 65.3 62.0 55.7 54.4
(years)
Males 52.5 52.3 63.3 59.6 52.0 48.8
Females 58.6 59.7 67.1 64.5 57.4 60.0
Mean Age (years) 23.4 22.7 23.0 * 24.8 25.2
Males 22.6 22.0 22.4 * 24.2 24.1
Females 24.1 23.4 23.5 * 25.3 26.3
Median Age (Years) 15.0 15.3 16.8 * 20.1 21.9
Males 13.5 15.0 16.0 * 19.4 20.0
Females 16.7 16.5 17.4 * 20.8 22.7
Note: * indicates that data are not available from the Surveys
Source: Central Statistics Office: National Censuses 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001; 1998 and 2006 Botswana
Demographic Surveys
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