Area: total: 600,370 sq km

Natural resources: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver

Population: 1,842,323

Ethnic groups: Tswana [or Setswana] 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%

Languages: Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% [official], other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% [2001 census]

Capital: name: Gaborone
geographic coordinates: 24 45 S, 25 55 E
time difference: UTC+2 [7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.6%
industry: 51.5% [including 36% mining]
services: 46.9% [2006 est.]

Labor force: 288,400 formal sector employees [2004]

Budget: revenues: $4.741 billion

expenditures: $3.816 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts

Industries: diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash livestock processing textiles

Exports: $5.025 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles

Exports - partners: European Free Trade Association [EFTA] 87%, Southern African Customs Union [SACU] 7%, Zimbabwe 4% [2006]

Imports: $3.403 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products

Imports - partners: Southern African Customs Union [SACU] 74%, EFTA 17%, Zimbabwe 4% [2006]

Currency (code): pula [BWP]

Railways: total: 888 km