Editing Gaborone (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
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|percentages = pagr
|1964|3855
|1971|17718
|1981|59657
|1991|133468
|2001|186007
|2006|191776
|2011|231626
|2022|246325
|footnote=Sources:<ref name=BSYB>{{cite web|title=BOTSWANA STATISTICAL YEAR BOOK 2010 |url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Botswana%20Statistical%20Year%20Book%202010.PDF |work=Statistics Botswana |publisher=Central Statistics Office |access-date=25 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061357/http://www.cso.gov.bw/templates/cso/file/File/Botswana%20Statistical%20Year%20Book%202010.PDF |archive-date=4 September 2015 |location=Gaborone |date=December 2011 |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=14 June 2012 |date=June 2012 |publisher=Statistics Botswana |location=Gaborone |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=demo /><ref name=BALA /><ref name=census3 /><ref name="Statistics Botswana - Census 2022 - Population of cities, towns and villages">{{Cite web |title=Statistics Botswana - Census 2022 - Population of cities, towns and villages |url=https://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Population%20of%20Cities%20Towns%20and%20Villages%20%202022.pdf}}</ref>
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The population, based on the 2022 census, is 246,325. There are 118,727 males and 127,598 females in the city.<ref name="Statistics Botswana - Census 2022 - Population of cities, towns and villages" />  There are 58,476 households in Gaborone.<ref name=census>{{cite web|author=Central Statistics Office|title=Table 1.1: Population by sex and census districts (1991 And 2001)|url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=142&Itemid=89|access-date=5 August 2009|date=7 February 2008|location=Gaborone, Botswana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113195559/http://www.cso.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=142&Itemid=89|archive-date=13 November 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, the average household size was 3.11 people. The city of Gaborone is home to over 10% of the population of Botswana.<ref name=demo /><ref name=botswana /> Almost half of Botswana citizens live within {{convert|100|km|mi}} of Gaborone.<ref name="capital2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.capital.bw/resources/presentation2010/botswana_country_overview_2010-11.pdf |title=Botswana Country Overview 2010/11 |publisher=Capital Resources |work=Botswana Resource Conference 2010 |year=2010 |access-date=24 May 2011 |last1=Jefferis |first1=Keith |last2=Pickering |first2=Dawn |last3=Kenwendo |first3=Bogolo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061358/http://www.capital.bw/resources/presentation2010/botswana_country_overview_2010-11.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Population growth|population growth rate]] of Gaborone is 3.4%, the highest in the country. This is most likely because the city has a more developed infrastructure, making it more livable.<ref name=census2>{{cite web |author=Central Statistics Office |title=2001 POPULATION CENSUS ATLAS: BOTSWANA |url=http://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Population_Census_Atlas.pdf |access-date=5 August 2009 |date=February 2005 |location=Gaborone, Botswana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113191219/http://www.statsbots.org.bw/sites/default/files/publications/Population_Census_Atlas.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gaborone is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.<ref name=seth /> Much of the growth is based on net in migration from the rest of Botswana.<ref name=pula />

The [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of Gaborone is 96.3, meaning that there are 963 men for every 1,000 women.<ref name=2011Census /> Most of the marriages in Botswana are registered in Gaborone; about 15% of all marriages in Botswana were registered in Gaborone in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/StatsBrief/marriages_june_2010.pdf |title=MARRIAGE STATISTICS 2007 |author=A. N. Majelantle |date=May 2010 |work=STATS BRIEF |publisher=Central Statistics Office |location=Gaborone, Botswana |page=2 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5qyc2XAMi?url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/StatsBrief/marriages_june_2010.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2010 |access-date=6 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On average, there are 3.3 persons per household in Gaborone. This is a low number compared to the rest of Botswana.<ref name=demo>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/HouseHold/2006_bdsrprt.pdf|title=Botswana Demographic Survey 2006|author=Central Statistics Office|location=Gaborone, Botswana|access-date=3 July 2010|date=January 2009|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923062237/http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/HouseHold/2006_bdsrprt.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>