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| Title: | The 1991 Census and Botswana's Population Problem |
| Author: | Vanderpost, Cornelius |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Periodical: | Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090) |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Pages: | 39-48 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
| Geographic terms: | Botswana Southern Africa |
| Subjects: | population growth Politics and Government Miscellaneous (i.e. Demography, Refugees, Sports) Demographics demography population Population censuses |
| External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40979915 http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1291929791 |
| Abstract: | The preliminary results of the 1991 population census record an estimated population for Botswana of 1,325,000. In 1971, the country had only 597,000 inhabitants. This implies that in twenty years time the population has more than doubled. Since 1904, when the population was estimated at 120,778, a tenfold increase has taken place. This paper describes the nature of Botswana's population explosion and the reasons for it: high fertility and declining mortality. Then it describes the consequences of rapid population growth for a developing country such as Botswana: it retards investment into productive sectors of the economy; it makes it increasingly difficult to meet the social needs of the growing population with existing resources; and it puts pressure upon environmental resources such as land, water and forests to the point that environmental degradation sets in. Botswana still has a fairly small population and a growing economy. A well-executed and properly implemented population policy is needed to guarantee a future Botswana with a small population living at a reasonable standard of living in a natural environment managed on a sustainable basis. Bibliogr. |
