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Published in the Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS Spring 2001 issue, by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.


The HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank Profile: Botswana

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Botswana: Context of the EpidemicHeadline: Sociodemographic Profile: Botswana  

 

 

 

 

 


Population

Mid-year total population 1998 (millions):
1.4
Mid-year total population 2025 (millions):
1.6
Annual growth rate (%):
1.2
Population aged under 15 (%):
43
Urban population (%):
48



Fertility and Contraception

Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 of a population in a given year):
33
Total fertility rate (sum of the age-specific fertility rates in a given year):
4.3
Women aged 15–19 giving live births each year (%):
8
Women aged 15–49 using contraception (all methods) (%):
33
Women aged 15–49 using contraception (modern methods) (%):
32


Mortality

Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 of a population in a given year):
21
Average life expectancy in years (men):
40
Average life expectancy in years (women):
42
Infant mortality rate [IMR] (number of deaths to infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a given year):
40
Maternal mortality rate (number of deaths to women due to pregnancy or childbearing complications per 100,000 live births in a given year):
220



Health

Access to services (%):
89
Access to safe water (%):
93
Population per doctor:
4,762


Education and Employment

Rate of employment (%):
33
Literacy rate (men) (%):
81
Literacy rate (women) (%):
60
Workforce (men) (%):
65
Workforce (women) (%):
35

Source: International Planned Parenthood Federation

Page last updated 30 May 2001


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