Population growth rate ............................................................1.503
% (2007 est.)
Birth rate....................................................23.17
births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate................................................13.63
deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate**............................5.49
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Ethnic groups.............Tswana (or Setswana)
79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi
and white 7%
* 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 2007 est.)
**Note:
there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa
and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2007
est.)
Botswana's
Changing Migration Patterns
Botswana has rapidly evolved from a migrant sending country
to a migrant receiving country, according to Kate Lefko-Everett
of the Southern Africa Migration Project.
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