Botswana

Republic of Botswana

Botswana (BW, BWA) is a country in Southern Africa, with Gaborone as its capital. The currency is the Botswanan Pula (BWP, BWP). The international dialling code is +267; mobile numbers are written like 71 123 456. The time zone is Africa/Gaborone. Official languages: English and Tswana.

CurrencyBWPBWP

Dial code+267e.g. 71 123 456

Time zoneGaboroneUTC+02:00

LanguageEnglish+1 more

CapitalGaborone

Population2.5M582K km²

Overview

Official name: Republic of Botswana
Native name: Botswana
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BW
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BWA
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 072
IOC code: BOT
Demonym: Motswana
Capital: Gaborone
Region: Africa › Southern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Southern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .bw
Coordinates: -22, 24
Area: 582,000 km²
Population: 2,450,670
GDP: $46.7B ($19.1K per person)
Literacy: 85.1%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇳🇦 Namibia
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇿🇲 Zambia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Currency

Botswanan Pula BWP

Symbol: BWP narrow P
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: P 1,234.50

Former currencies: ZAR

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
English en	Official	81% (2M)
Tswana tn	Official	62% (1.5M)
Afrikaans af		0.24% (5.9K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Gaborone		UTC+02:00	none	Central Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +267
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: none
National number length: 7–10 digits
Emergency number: 911 pattern 9(?:11|9[7-9])

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	240 1234	+267 240 1234	XXX XXXX	7
Mobile	71 123 456	+267 71 123 456	XX XXX XXX	8
Toll free	800012345	+267 800012345	XXXXXXXXX	10
Premium rate	90 12345	+267 90 12345	XX XXXXX	7
VoIP	79 101 234	+267 79 101 234	XX XXX XXX	8

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Show the 5 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{5})`	`90`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`[24-6]\|3[15-9]`	`$1 $2`	`$1 $2`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`[37]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`0`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{4})(\d{3})`	`8`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: en-BW
tn-BW

Number and date formats

As written by the English (Botswana) locale (en-BW), amounts in BWP.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (BWP): P 1,234,567.89
Accounting: (P 1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 Botswanan pulas
Compact short: 1.2M
Compact long: 1.2 million
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 kilometres per hour
Temperature: 21.5°C
Date, full: Friday, 27 March 2026
Date, long: 27 March 2026
Date, medium: 27 Mar 2026
Date, short: 27/03/26
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
Month and year: March 2026
Weekday: Friday
Relative time: yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
List: and: A, B and C
List: or: A, B or C