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2011 Botswana Population And Housing Census
The 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census was the latest Census in Botswana, national census of Botswana. The enumeration was managed by the Statistics Botswana (formerly Central Statistics Office) and took place over ten days starting on 22 August 2011. The census counted a total population of 2,024,787, a 20.5% increase from the 2001 Census. Cost The total budget for the 2011 Census was 243,575,993 pula (US$35.3 million as of August 2011) with the Botswana government funding all the costs. Over P100,000,000 was planned to pay for personnel. Controversy Bushmen living in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve boycotted the census in response to an earlier situation where the Bushmen were not provided polling stations in the 2009 election. Jumanda Gakelebone spoke on behalf of the Bushmen, saying that "the government does not recognise us [the Bushmen] as a people. So why count us? They should count their own people and leave us alone." See also *Census in Botswana References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census In Botswana
ThePopulation and housing censuses by country, Population and Housing Census is a decennial census which is the once-a-decade population and housing count of all people in Botswana. This count is carried out by the Statistics Botswana (formerly Central Statistics Office). The most recent census took place in 2022; the next census is scheduled for 2031.Through the census, Botswana systematically obtains/records information on Demography, demographic, Social statistics, social and Economic data, economic characteristics, pertaining to all persons in the geographic boundaries of the country at a specified time. The Population and Housing Census aims to count all persons, vis. citizens, non-citizens, visitors, babies, elderly, etc. living in Botswana and determine the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the population. Such characteristics include among others, the total number, geographic distribution by sex, age, migration patterns, education, housing characteristi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. It is connected to Zambia across the short Zambezi River border by the Kazungula Bridge. A country of slightly over 2.3 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. About 11.6 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—it has since transformed itself into an upper-middle-income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Modern-day humans first inhabited the country over 200,000 years ago. The Tswana ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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