Editing Demographics of Botswana (section)

==Population==

[[Image:Botswanahouse.jpg|thumb|250px|A traditional house in Botswana]]

===Census results===

{{Historical populations
| title=Botswana Population and Housing Census
| percentages = pagr
| 1904 |120776
| 1911 |124350
| 1921 |152983
| 1936 |265756
| 1946 |296310
| 1956 |309175
| 1964 |549510
| 1971 |596994
| 1981 |941027
| 1991 |1326796
| 2001 |1680863
| 2011 |2024904
| 2022 |2359609
| footnote=<ref name=history /><ref name="indicators">{{cite web |title=TABLE 1: 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 CENSUS DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS; BOTSWANA |url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Table_1971-2001_Census_Demographic_Indicators(1).pdf |publisher=Central Statistics Office |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69I3pDlJb?url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Table_1971-2001_Census_Demographic_Indicators(1).pdf |archive-date=20 July 2012 |location=Gaborone |page=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=2011Census>{{cite web |title=The Population of Towns, Villages and Associated Localities |work=2011 Population and Housing Census |url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Population%20of%20Towns%20and%20Villages%20_2011%20PHC_%20Jun%204%202012..pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061357/http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Population%20of%20Towns%20and%20Villages%20_2011%20PHC_%20Jun%204%202012..pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 |access-date=20 July 2012 |date=June 2012 |publisher=Statistics Botswana |location=Gaborone |page=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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====Bechuanaland Protectorate====
The seven censuses of Botswana before its independence happened irregularly. Due to the [[Second Boer War|Anglo-Boer War]], the first census of [[Bechuanaland Protectorate]], originally set to occur in 1901, took place on 17 April 1904.<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content1&site=census&id=28&parent_id=27|publisher=Central Statistics Office|access-date=20 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113150318/http://www.cso.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content1&site=census&id=28&parent_id=27|archive-date=13 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 1931 census was postponed to 1936 because of the [[Great Depression]].<ref name=history /> The early censuses were unreliable and took several years to tabulate; the results were outdated by the time they were calculated.

====Post-independence====
There have been six censuses after the independence of Botswana, each occurring every ten years in the year ending in 1 (i.e. 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2022). The 1971 census was the first census in Botswana to use de facto enumeration; this method counts people based on how many people spent census night at a specific location. Previously, the citizens were counted based on their usual place of residence. The 2001 census was the first census in Botswana to comply with the [[Southern African Development Community|SADC]] 2000 Census Project, the guidelines of which unify the demographic statistics in southern Africa. The  2011 Census was the fifth census after independence  the [[2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census]], it occurred in August 2011. The most recent sixth  and most recent census is the 2022 Population and Housing Census which was carried out in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results |url=https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/census_documents/2022%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Preliminary%20Results.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/census_documents/2022%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Preliminary%20Results.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===UN estimates===
According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population was {{UN_Population|Botswana}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}, compared to only 413,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2020 was about 33.4%, 62.1% were between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.5% of the population were 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP Data Query">{{cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/|title=Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: Data Query Tool|website=un.org|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
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!
! width="80pt"|Total population
! width="80pt"|Population aged 0–14 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 15–64 (%)
! width="80pt"|Population aged 65+ (%)
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| 1950
| 413 000||40.9||54.8||4.4
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| 1955
| 463 000||41.7||53.9||4.3
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| 1960
| 503 000||43.6||52.1||4.3
|-
| 1965
| 560 000||46.8||49.3||4.0
|-
| 1970
| 628 000||47.8||48.3||3.9
|-
| 1975
| 741 000||48.0||48.5||3.5
|-
| 1980
| 898 000||48.5||48.1||3.4
|-
| 1985
|1 070 000||47.9||49.0||3.1
|-
| 1990
|1 287 000||45.0||51.7||3.3
|-
| 1995
|1 469 000||42.2||54.6||3.3
|-
| 2000
|1 643 000||38.7||58.1||3.3
|-
| 2005
|1 799 000||36.5||60.3||3.1
|-
| 2010
|1 987 000||35.0||61.7||3.3
|-
| 2015
|2 121 000||34.9||61.2||3.8
|-
| 2020
|2 352 000||33.4||62.1||4.5
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! width="80pt"|Total
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 988 957
| align="right" | 1 035 947 
| align="right" | 2 024 904
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 119 999
| align="right" | 117 315
| align="right" | 237 314
| align="right" | 11.72
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| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 108 544 
| align="right" | 106 618 
| align="right" | 215 162
| align="right" | 10.63
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| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 104 419
| align="right" | 102 875 
| align="right" | 207 294
| align="right" | 10.24
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| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 104 818
| align="right" | 105 928
| align="right" | 210 746
| align="right" | 10.41
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| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 97 249 
| align="right" | 103 101 
| align="right" | 200 350
| align="right" | 9.89
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| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 101 194
| align="right" | 106 658
| align="right" | 207 852
| align="right" | 10.26
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| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 84 515
| align="right" | 86 027
| align="right" | 170 542
| align="right" | 8.42
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| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 68 435
| align="right" | 66 784
| align="right" | 135 219
| align="right" | 6.68
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| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 48 767
| align="right" | 50 530
| align="right" | 99 297
| align="right" | 4.90
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| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 37 881
| align="right" | 44 380
| align="right" | 82 261
| align="right" | 4.06
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| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 29 742
| align="right" | 36 620
| align="right" | 66 362
| align="right" | 3.28
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| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 24 368
| align="right" | 29 681
| align="right" | 54 049
| align="right" | 2.67
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| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 17 344
| align="right" | 20 240
| align="right" | 37 584
| align="right" | 1.86
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| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 12 243
| align="right" | 15 504 
| align="right" | 27 747
| align="right" | 1.37
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| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 9 464
| align="right" | 12 797
| align="right" | 22 261
| align="right" | 1.10
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| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 6 968
| align="right" | 10 924
| align="right" | 17 892
| align="right" | 0.88
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| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 4 875
| align="right" | 8 344
| align="right" | 13 219
| align="right" | 0.65
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| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 2 825
| align="right" | 5 422
| align="right" | 8 247 
| align="right" | 0.41
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| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 1 377
| align="right" | 2 544
| align="right" | 3 921
| align="right" | 0.19
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| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 3 930
| align="right" | 3 655
| align="right" | 7 585
| align="right" | 0.37
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! width="50"|Age group 
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! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 332 962
| align="right" | 326 808
| align="right" | 659 770
| align="right" | 32.58
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 614 313
| align="right" | 649 949
| align="right" | 1 264 262
| align="right" | 62.44
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| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 41 682
| align="right" | 59 190
| align="right" | 100 872
| align="right" | 4.98
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 171 507
| align="right" | 1 227 171
| align="right" | 2 398 679
| align="right" | 100
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 142 150
| align="right" | 138 970
| align="right" | 281 120
| align="right" | 11.72
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| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 128 580
| align="right" | 126 298
| align="right" | 254 879
| align="right" | 10.63
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| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 123 694
| align="right" | 121 865
| align="right" | 245 558
| align="right" | 10.24
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| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 124 166
| align="right" | 125 481
| align="right" | 249 647
| align="right" | 10.41
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| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 115 200
| align="right" | 122 132
| align="right" | 237 332
| align="right" | 9.89
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| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 119 873
| align="right" | 126 346
| align="right" | 246 219
| align="right" | 10.26
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| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 100 116
| align="right" | 101 907
| align="right" | 202 022
| align="right" | 8.42
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| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 81 067
| align="right" | 79 112
| align="right" | 160 179
| align="right" | 6.68
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| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 57 769
| align="right" | 59 857 
| align="right" | 117 626
| align="right" | 4.90
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| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 44 873
| align="right" | 52 572
| align="right" | 97 445
| align="right" | 4.06
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| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 35 232 
| align="right" | 43 380
| align="right" | 78 612
| align="right" | 3.28
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| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 28 866
| align="right" | 35 160
| align="right" | 64 026
| align="right" | 2.67
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| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 20 546
| align="right" | 23 976
| align="right" | 44 522
| align="right" | 1.86
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| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 14 503
| align="right" | 18 366
| align="right" | 32 869 
| align="right" | 1.37
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| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 11 211
| align="right" | 15 159
| align="right" | 26 370
| align="right" | 1.10
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| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 8 254
| align="right" | 12 940
| align="right" | 21 195
| align="right" | 0.88
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| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 5 775
| align="right" | 9 884
| align="right" | 15 659
| align="right" | 0.65
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| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 3 346
| align="right" | 6 423
| align="right" | 9 769
| align="right" | 0.41
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| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 1 631
| align="right" | 3 014
| align="right" | 4 645
| align="right" | 0.19
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| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 4 655
| align="right" | 4 330
| align="right" | 8 985
| align="right" | 0.37
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! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 394 424
| align="right" | 387 133
| align="right" | 781 557
| align="right" | 32.58
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 727 708
| align="right" | 769 922
| align="right" | 1 497 630
| align="right" | 62.44
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| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 49 375
| align="right" | 70 116
| align="right" | 119 491
| align="right" | 4.98
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! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 188 544
| align="right" | 1 209 006 
| align="right" | 2 397 550
| align="right" | 100
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 137 857 
| align="right" | 136 911
| align="right" | 274 768
| align="right" | 11.46
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| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 125 078 
| align="right" | 124 428
| align="right" | 249 506
| align="right" | 10.41
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| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 120 559
| align="right" | 120 060 
| align="right" | 240 619
| align="right" | 10.04
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| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 123 039
| align="right" | 123 624
| align="right" | 246 663
| align="right" | 10.29
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| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 117 812
| align="right" | 120 325
| align="right" | 238 137
| align="right" | 9.93
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| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 122 117 
| align="right" | 124 476
| align="right" | 246 593
| align="right" | 10.29
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| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 99 674
| align="right" | 100 398
| align="right" | 200 072
| align="right" | 8.34
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| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 78 529
| align="right" | 77 940
| align="right" | 156 469
| align="right" | 6.53
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| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 58 190
| align="right" | 58 971
| align="right" | 117 161
| align="right" | 4.89
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| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 49 091
| align="right" | 51 794
| align="right" | 100 885
| align="right" | 4.21
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| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 39 891
| align="right" | 42 738
| align="right" | 82 629
| align="right" | 3.45
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| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 32 428
| align="right" | 34 639 
| align="right" | 67 067
| align="right" | 2.80
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| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 22 416
| align="right" | 23 621
| align="right" | 46 037
| align="right" | 1.92
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| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 16 747
| align="right" | 18 095
| align="right" | 34 842 
| align="right" | 1.45
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| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 13 562
| align="right" | 14 935
| align="right" | 28 497
| align="right" | 1.19
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| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 11 124
| align="right" | 12 749
| align="right" | 23 873
| align="right" | 1.00
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| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 8 103
| align="right" | 9 738
| align="right" | 17 841
| align="right" | 0.74
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| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 5 264
| align="right" | 6 328 
| align="right" | 11 592
| align="right" | 0.48
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| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 2 491
| align="right" | 2 970
| align="right" | 5 461
| align="right" | 0.23
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| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 4 572
| align="right" | 4 266
| align="right" | 8 838
| align="right" | 0.37
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! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 383 494
| align="right" | 381 399
| align="right" | 764 893
| align="right" | 31.90
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 743 187
| align="right" | 758 526
| align="right" | 1 501 713
| align="right" | 62.64
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| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 61 863
| align="right" | 69 081
| align="right" | 130 944
| align="right" | 5.46
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