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• Botswana has enjoyed one of the fastest growth rates per capita income in the world since independence.
• Since 1980’s, the country has been the world’s largest producer of gem-quality diamonds.  As such, diamond mining will continue to be the mainstay of Botswana’s economy, with known current reserves sufficient for at least the next 20 years.

• Tswana (or Setswana): 79%
• Kalanga: 11%
• Basarwa: 3%
• Other, including Kgalagadi and people of European ancestry: 7%

• Christian: 79.1%
• Badimo (indigenous African religion): 4.1%
• Other: 1.4%
• Unspecified: 0.3%
• None: 15.2%

• Setswana: 77.3%
• Kalanga: 7.4%
• Sekgalagadi: 3.4%
• English (official): 2.8%
• Other: 9.1%

• CIA World Fact Book: Botswana
• U.S. Department of State: Botswana
• BBC News: Botswana
• Botswana Embassy in the U.S.
• Botswana Guardian
• Botswana Daily News