Botswana
Africa · Southern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 2.6 million (2,562,122) · rank 140 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 581,730 km² · rank 49 of 193
- People per km²
- 4.4 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Botswana, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Botswana in the map data: 4.
- Namibia capitals 930 km apart
- South Africa capitals 260 km apart
- Zambia capitals 1,060 km apart
- Zimbabwe capitals 930 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Kazakhstan, Somalia, Bahamas, Honduras.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Botswana is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Botswana | Gaborone |
| Italiano | Botswana | Gaborone |
| Magyar | Botswana | Gaborone |
| Suomi | Botswana | Gaborone |