Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Afrikaans (secondary) · Gujarati (secondary) · Shona (secondary) · Xhosa (secondary) · Zulu (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Botswana

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Tswana-Ngwato	590000	Setswana	Christianity
Setswana	498000	Setswana	Christianity
Tswana-Kwena	253000	Setswana	Christianity
Tswana-Ngwaketse	242000	Setswana	Christianity
Kalanga	165000	Kalanga	Christianity
Tswana-Tawana	156000	Setswana	Christianity
Bangologa, Kgalagadi	76000	Kgalagadi	Ethnic Religions
Shona	61000	Shona	Christianity
Yeyi, Kuba	59000	Yeyi	Ethnic Religions
Tswana-Malete	44000	Setswana	Christianity
Heikum, San	43000	Haiom	Ethnic Religions
Mbukushu, Gova	41000	Mbukushu	Ethnic Religions
Tswana-Rolong	33000	Setswana	Christianity
Ndebele	22000	Ndebele (Zimbabwe)	Christianity
Herero	21000	Herero	Christianity
Birwa	21000	Birwa	Ethnic Religions
Nambya	21000	Nambya	Ethnic Religions
Lozi	19000	Lozi	Christianity
Tswana-Hurutshe	16000	Setswana	Christianity
Pedi, North Sotho	15000	Sotho, Northern	Christianity
Xhosa	13000	Xhosa	Christianity
Sotho	13000	Sotho, Southern	Christianity
Tswana-Tlokwa	11000	Setswana	Christianity
Afrikaner	10000	Afrikaans	Christianity
Tswapong	9600	Tswapong	Christianity
Kung-Tsumkwe	9300	Ju'hoan	Ethnic Religions
Luyana, Kwangali	9300	Kwangali	Ethnic Religions
Tswana-Seleka	9300	Setswana	Christianity
Naro	9000	Naro	Ethnic Religions
Subia, Kuhane	7600	Kuhane	Ethnic Religions
British	7200	English	Christianity
Deaf	7100	Language unknown	Unknown
Zulu	6600	Zulu	Christianity
South Asian, general	5800	Gujarati	Hinduism
Gciriku	2800	Gciriku	Ethnic Religions
Tshara-Tshao	2600	Tshuwau	Ethnic Religions
Nusan Xoo, Ngamani	2500	Taa	Ethnic Religions
Shua	2400	Shua	Ethnic Religions
Kung-Ekoka	2200	Kung-Ekoka	Ethnic Religions
Kxoe, Xun	2100	Khwedam	Ethnic Religions
Gwi, Gwi-Khwe	1900	Gwi	Ethnic Religions
Gxana, l lGana	1400	Gana	Ethnic Religions
Kua	1200	Kua	Ethnic Religions
Handa, Tsexa	1200	Ani	Ethnic Religions
Hua	40	Setswana	Ethnic Religions

Languages

35 languages recorded here.

Afrikaans

Ani

Birwa

English

Gana

Gciriku

Gujarati

Gwi

Haiom

Herero

Ju'hoan

Kalanga

Kgalagadi

Khwedam

Kua

Kuhane

Kung-Ekoka

Kwangali

Language unknown

Lozi

Mbukushu

Nambya

Naro

Ndebele (Zimbabwe)

Setswana

Shona

Shua

Sotho, Northern

Sotho, Southern

Taa

Tshuwau

Tswapong

Xhosa

Yeyi

Zulu

All catalogue fields

151 fields recorded

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iso3: BWA
iso2: BW
ctry: Botswana
poplpeoples: 2545000
cntpeoples: 45
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 7100
jpscalectry: 4
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 65.441887455174
percentevangelical: 8.3449418031271
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 1
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harvest_iso3: BWA
harvest_iso2: BW
harvest_owcountrycode: BOTS
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: BW
harvest_countrynumber: 27
harvest_ctry: Botswana
harvest_ctryshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynamechinese: 博茨瓦纳
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 博茨瓦纳
harvest_countrynamedutch: Botswana
harvest_countrynamefrench: Botswana
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynamegerman: Botswana
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Botswana
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynameitalian: Botswana
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynamekorean: 보츠와나
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 보츠와나
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Botswana
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Botswana
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Botswana
harvest_countrynamerussian: Ботсвана
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Ботсвана
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harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Botswana
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Botswana
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harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
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harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 018
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harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/botswana.html
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harvest_c_10_40window: N
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harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
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harvest_rol3officiallanguage: eng
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: tsn
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harvest_rlg4primary: 2
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harvest_pctchinese: 0.1
harvest_pcthindu: 0.24
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harvest_pctsikh: 0.01
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.01
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harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 11.22
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 31.7
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.61
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 3.990000000000001
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
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harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.698
harvest_hdirank: 108
harvest_internetusers: 39.4
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harvest_flashmapzoomx: -109
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -151
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
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harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/botswana/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 104
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.736111111111111
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bw&joshua=bc
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-botswana
harvest_internetusage: 47
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.info.bw/~biblesoc/index.html
harvest_areasquaremiles: 224606
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 581730
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 7
harvest_countryphonecode: 267
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 50
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 4
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harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 3.7
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 66.86
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 8
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .bw
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/botswana
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00