Demographics of Botswana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Botswana is projected at 2.40 million, up by 1.94% compared with 2.35 million in 2020. Botswana is ranked 145th in terms of population and 50th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 55.2 thousand births in Botswana in 2021. That is 151 per day, which is ranked 132th. The crude birth rate is 23.1 per 1000 people. There are 13.8 thousand deaths in Botswana in 2021. That is 38 per day, which is ranked 149th. The crude death rate is 5.76 per 1000 people.

1.76 million people are living in urban areas, which is 71.56% of Botswana population. Botswana is ranked 94th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Botswana in 2021 is 94.16 males per 100 females. There are 1.16 million males and 1.23 million females in Botswana. The percentage of female population is 51.5% compare to 48.5% male population. Botswana has 72.1 thousand more females than males. Botswana is at 34th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Botswana population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	412,541	-
1955	463,353	1.89
1960	502,733	1.78
1965	559,996	2.21
1970	627,714	2.69
1975	741,346	3.73
1980	897,860	3.79
1985	1,069,585	3.7
1990	1,286,756	3.4
1995	1,469,173	2.45
2000	1,643,333	2.05
2005	1,799,077	1.9
2010	1,987,106	1.72
2015	2,120,716	1.54
2016	2,159,925	1.85
2017	2,205,076	2.09
2018	2,254,067	2.22
2019	2,303,703	2.2
2020	2,351,625	2.08
2021	2,397,240	1.94

Total
Crude

Botswana death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	9,015	19,684	21.44	46.90
1955	9,083	21,990	19.73	47.78
1960	8,954	23,911	17.69	47.28
1965	8,778	25,810	15.67	46.15
1970	8,681	28,578	13.68	45.12
1975	8,673	33,372	11.61	44.66
1980	8,774	39,693	9.78	44.15
1985	8,984	43,290	8.38	40.22
1990	11,518	44,745	8.97	34.93
1995	16,398	45,914	11.17	31.23
2000	22,264	48,105	13.54	29.30
2005	23,627	51,798	13.10	28.65
2010	18,023	55,151	9.15	27.93
2015	13,423	56,604	6.26	26.44
2020	13,450	55,466	5.72	23.65
2021	13,801	55,197	5.76	23.10

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Botswana

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	11,205	401,326	-	2.716
1955	13,543	456,197	3.51	2.883
1960	16,053	508,499	3.55	3.060
1965	22,923	574,267	18.93	3.839
1970	54,495	641,102	18.79	7.834
1975	98,144	727,696	10.96	11.884
1980	164,984	836,174	10.70	16.479
1985	317,784	871,330	14.35	26.724
1990	577,801	800,111	11.60	41.933
1995	768,551	800,543	4.18	48.981
2000	919,803	808,537	3.32	53.219
2005	1,038,238	817,614	2.28	55.944
2010	1,257,527	757,339	4.23	62.412
2015	1,483,587	725,610	3.08	67.155
2020	1,712,212	703,554	2.75	70.877
2021	1,757,850	698,606	2.67	71.560

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Botswana population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	136,830	133,411	270,241	11.27	102.563
05-09	136,540	133,511	270,051	11.27	102.269
10-14	127,065	124,237	251,302	10.48	102.276
15-19	116,616	113,809	230,425	9.61	102.466
20-24	104,824	102,484	207,308	8.65	102.283
25-29	99,949	100,216	200,165	8.35	99.734
30-34	91,424	97,842	189,266	7.90	93.440
35-39	84,843	95,913	180,756	7.54	88.458
40-44	71,999	83,416	155,415	6.48	86.313
45-49	55,199	63,512	118,711	4.95	86.911
50-54	39,724	45,010	84,734	3.53	88.256
55-59	29,229	38,140	67,369	2.81	76.636
60-64	23,979	35,923	59,902	2.50	66.751
65-69	19,060	28,056	47,116	1.97	67.936
70-74	12,993	18,093	31,086	1.30	71.812
75-79	7,820	11,967	19,787	0.83	65.346
80-84	3,221	6,003	9,224	0.38	53.657
85-89	1,015	2,361	3,376	0.14	42.990
90-94	221	682	903	0.04	32.405
95-99	19	82	101	0.00	23.171
100+	0	2	2	0.00	0.000
Total	1,162,570	1,234,670	2,397,240		94.160