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Botswana      Country: Botswana Internet: .bw Continent: Africa Government URL: http://www.gov.bw/home.html Area: 600370 sq km Population: 1,639,833 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 1759.64 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 866.069 Population Women: 893.571 Annual Growth Rate: 0.124 % Birth Rate: 23.08 % Death Rate: 29.5 % Life Expectancy: 33.74 years Infant Mortality Rate: 53.7 % Fertility Rate: 2.79 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 37.3 % HIV AIDS Living With: 350,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 33,000 Labor Force: 288,400 Unemployment Rate: 23.8 % GDP Per Capita: $11,400 GDP Purchasing Power: $18,720,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 4.7 Industrial Growth: 6.3 Inflation Rate CP: 11.4 % Investment Gross Fixed: 21.8 Public Debt: 7.1 Capital: Gaborone Capital Population: 195000 Capital Coordinates: 24 45 S, 25 55 E UTC Offset: 2 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Roadways: 24455 km Railways: 888 km Airports: 85 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 60000 Internet Hosts: 5499 Telephones Mobile: 823,100 Telephones Main: 132000 Debt External: $520,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $7,445,000,000 Imports: $3,034,000,000 Exports: $4,836,000,000 Current Account Balance: $1,698,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 2,464,000,000 Electricity Production: 823,000,000 Oil Consumption: 11,500 Oil Imports: 16,000 Oil Production: 0  Map of Botswana

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