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.
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 |
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |