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Botswana: map and facts
Botswana is in Southern Africa. It has about 2.56 million people (2025), the 141st largest population. It covers 581,730 km², the 48th largest by area. That is about 4.4 people per km². The longest river on its map is the Limpopo, 1,750 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 2,562,122 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 581,730 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Gaborone
- Forest: 27.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Botswana, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Limpopo: 1,750 km
- Okavango: 1,600 km
- Molopo: 970 km
- Cuando: 731 km
Also on the map: Marico, Chobe and Notwane.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Monalanong Hill: 1,494 m
- Otse Hill: 1,491 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Kalahari Desert and Makgadikgadi Pan.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 51.4%, open shrubland 45.8%, dense shrubland 1.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 98.4%, hills 1.6%.
Forests covered 27.8% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Botswana shares land borders with Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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