Botswana: flag, capital & map
Get to know Botswana, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 2,562,122
- Area
- 582,000 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Tswana
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Botswanan Pula (BWP)
- Land neighbours
- Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa. Its capital is Gaborone.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Botswana
The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.
Where it is
Botswana is grouped in Southern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 4 countries in this atlas: Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. It is landlocked.
Botswana has a recorded area of 582,000 square kilometres. Among the 6 countries assigned to Southern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Namibia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 825,615 km². Zimbabwe is immediately below it, at 390,757 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 2,562,122 people for Botswana in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 4 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Tswana. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Botswanan Pula (BWP). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Botswana?
Reveal answer
Gaborone. Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa. Its capital is Gaborone.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Botswana?
Reveal answer
The flag of Botswana has a light blue field with a white-edged black horizontal band across its center.
Which land neighbours of Botswana are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Botswana is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Botswana?
Reveal answer
English and Tswana. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Botswana.
Which currency codes are listed for Botswana?
Reveal answer
Botswanan Pula (BWP). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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