Botswana
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 4.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 104.6K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 7.7%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 19.3 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 11.9%
- women 9.1%, men 16.2%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.6%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2011; UN, 2011 census
Languages
37 languages, 22 of them endangered
- YeyiSeverely endangered
- ǂ’AmkoeSeverely endangered
- East TaaDefinitely endangered
- GǀuiDefinitely endangered
- GǁanaDefinitely endangered
- KhweDefinitely endangered
- KuaDefinitely endangered
- NambyaDefinitely endangered
- Northern TshwaDefinitely endangered
- ShuaDefinitely endangered
- Ts'ixaDefinitely endangered
- TswapongDefinitely endangered
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- ǁAniDefinitely endangered
- BirwaVulnerable
- HereroVulnerable
- HoloholoVulnerable
- JuǀʼhoansiVulnerable
- KgalagadiVulnerable
- KhoekhoeVulnerable
- KuhaneVulnerable
- NaroVulnerable
- West !XoonVulnerable
- Afrikaans
- Bemba
- Fwe
- Gciriku
- Haiǁom
- Kalanga
- Lozi
- Mbukushu
- Northern Ndebele
- Pedi
- Shona
- Tswana
- Venda
- Xhosa
- Zulu
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Wosana ritual and associated practices2024
- Seperu folkdance and associated practices2019
- Dikopelo folk music of Bakgatla ba Kgafela in Kgatleng District2017
- Earthenware pottery-making skills in Botswana’s Kgatleng District2012
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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