Botswana

Summary Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa Population: 1,573,267 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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2003 est.) Capital: Gaborone GDP per capita: purchasing power parity - $9,500 (2002 est.) Botswana Facts            Map Compare Botswana to other countries: Comparisons Botswana appears in the following rankings  • HIV infection rate  • Low Population Density  • Unemployment Rate More about Botswana  • African recipes  •Botswana travel guide  • Botswana travel  •  Botswana airlines  •  Botswana airports •  Botswana books •  Botswana music •  Botswana DVDs

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