Where is Botswana?
Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered by Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Crazy but True
Botswana's Okavango River never reaches the sea. It flows inland and empties into the Kalahari Desert, spreading into an enormous delta that floods in the dry season and draws one of the greatest concentrations of wildlife on the continent, then simply evaporates.
Botswana facts
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Population
- 2,562,122 (2025)
- Area
- 582,000 km²
- Continent
- Africa
- Region
- Southern Africa
- Currency
- Botswana pula (BWP)
- Languages
- English and Tswana
- Coordinates
- -22°, 24°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- BW · BWA
How Botswana compares
- Botswana is the 47th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Madagascar and larger than Kenya.
- It is the 140th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 4 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Africa, it is the 22nd largest of 49 countries by area.