Population of Botswana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Botswana is 2,849,658 as of April 16, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Botswana is projected at 2,397,241 or 2.40 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Botswana is projected at 2,351,627 or 2.35 million people for the year 2020. Botswana ranks number 145th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Botswana is ranked 43rd among 58 countries in Africa.

Botswana's population will be increased year by year. The Botswana population is projected to reach 2.77 million in 2030 and increase to 3.51 million in 2050 and 4.17 million by 2100. Botswana accounts for 0.030 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.017% in 1952 and is projected to increase by 0.038% by 2100.

Botswana was at 152nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 135th in 2100.

Botswana population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	2,351,627	47,930	2.08	0.029
2021	2,397,241	45,614	1.94	0.030
2022	2,441,162	43,921	1.83	0.030
2023	2,483,754	42,592	1.74	0.030
2024	2,525,764	42,010	1.69	0.031
2025	2,567,774	42,010	1.66	0.031
2026	2,609,707	41,933	1.63	0.031
2027	2,651,298	41,591	1.59	0.031
2028	2,692,572	41,274	1.56	0.032
2029	2,733,573	41,001	1.52	0.032
2030	2,774,340	40,767	1.49	0.032
2031	2,814,889	40,549	1.46	0.032
2032	2,855,193	40,304	1.43	0.032
2033	2,895,280	40,087	1.40	0.033
2034	2,935,129	39,849	1.38	0.033
2035	2,974,718	39,589	1.35	0.033
2036	3,014,042	39,324	1.32	0.033
2037	3,053,081	39,039	1.30	0.033
2038	3,091,762	38,681	1.27	0.034
2039	3,130,021	38,259	1.24	0.034
2040	3,167,786	37,765	1.21	0.034
2041	3,205,034	37,248	1.18	0.034
2042	3,241,723	36,689	1.14	0.034
2043	3,277,809	36,086	1.11	0.035
2044	3,313,226	35,417	1.08	0.035
2045	3,347,926	34,700	1.05	0.035
2046	3,381,861	33,935	1.01	0.035
2047	3,415,023	33,162	0.98	0.035
2048	3,447,403	32,380	0.95	0.036
2049	3,479,000	31,597	0.92	0.036
2050	3,509,819	30,819	0.89	0.036
2051	3,539,843	30,024	0.86	0.036
2052	3,569,064	29,221	0.83	0.036
2053	3,597,460	28,396	0.80	0.036
2054	3,625,007	27,547	0.77	0.036
2055	3,651,699	26,692	0.74	0.037
2056	3,677,524	25,825	0.71	0.037
2057	3,702,496	24,972	0.68	0.037
2058	3,726,626	24,130	0.65	0.037
2059	3,749,956	23,330	0.63	0.037
2060	3,772,513	22,557	0.60	0.037
2061	3,794,308	21,795	0.58	0.037
2062	3,815,346	21,038	0.55	0.038
2063	3,835,630	20,284	0.53	0.038
2064	3,855,207	19,577	0.51	0.038
2065	3,874,076	18,869	0.49	0.038
2066	3,892,258	18,182	0.47	0.038
2067	3,909,775	17,517	0.45	0.038
2068	3,926,615	16,840	0.43	0.038
2069	3,942,794	16,179	0.41	0.038
2070	3,958,321	15,527	0.39	0.038
2071	3,973,195	14,874	0.38	0.038
2072	3,987,433	14,238	0.36	0.038
2073	4,001,070	13,637	0.34	0.039
2074	4,014,125	13,055	0.33	0.039
2075	4,026,613	12,488	0.31	0.039
2076	4,038,560	11,947	0.30	0.039
2077	4,049,968	11,408	0.28	0.039
2078	4,060,817	10,849	0.27	0.039
2079	4,071,116	10,299	0.25	0.039
2080	4,080,839	9,723	0.24	0.039
2081	4,090,005	9,166	0.22	0.039
2082	4,098,611	8,606	0.21	0.039
2083	4,106,664	8,053	0.20	0.039
2084	4,114,166	7,502	0.18	0.039
2085	4,121,113	6,947	0.17	0.040
2086	4,127,523	6,410	0.16	0.040
2087	4,133,383	5,860	0.14	0.040
2088	4,138,721	5,338	0.13	0.040
2089	4,143,535	4,814	0.12	0.040
2090	4,147,846	4,311	0.10	0.040
2091	4,151,655	3,809	0.09	0.040
2092	4,154,982	3,327	0.08	0.040
2093	4,157,832	2,850	0.07	0.040
2094	4,160,229	2,397	0.06	0.040
2095	4,162,174	1,945	0.05	0.040
2096	4,163,692	1,518	0.04	0.040
2097	4,164,800	1,108	0.03	0.040
2098	4,165,520	720	0.02	0.040
2099	4,165,866	346	0.01	inf
2100	4,165,855	-11	0.00	inf

Botswana population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	412,531	-	-	0.017
1951	424,000	11,469	2.78	0.017
1952	435,034	11,034	2.60	0.017
1953	445,330	10,296	2.37	0.017
1954	454,777	9,447	2.12	0.017
1955	463,359	8,582	1.89	0.017
1956	471,227	7,868	1.70	0.017
1957	478,665	7,438	1.58	0.017
1958	486,080	7,415	1.55	0.017
1959	493,961	7,881	1.62	0.017
1960	502,745	8,784	1.78	0.017
1961	512,685	9,940	1.98	0.017
1962	523,778	11,093	2.16	0.017
1963	535,685	11,907	2.27	0.017
1964	547,873	12,188	2.28	0.017
1965	559,994	12,121	2.21	0.017
1966	571,964	11,970	2.14	0.017
1967	584,092	12,128	2.12	0.017
1968	596,947	12,855	2.20	0.017
1969	611,300	14,353	2.40	0.017
1970	627,715	16,415	2.69	0.017
1971	646,347	18,632	2.97	0.017
1972	667,092	20,745	3.21	0.017
1973	689,912	22,820	3.42	0.018
1974	714,712	24,800	3.59	0.018
1975	741,355	26,643	3.73	0.018
1976	769,979	28,624	3.86	0.019
1977	800,529	30,550	3.97	0.019
1978	832,467	31,938	3.99	0.019
1979	865,075	32,608	3.92	0.020
1980	897,868	32,793	3.79	0.020
1981	930,408	32,540	3.62	0.021
1982	962,875	32,467	3.49	0.021
1983	996,130	33,255	3.45	0.021
1984	1,031,439	35,309	3.54	0.022
1985	1,069,582	38,143	3.70	0.022
1986	1,110,943	41,361	3.87	0.022
1987	1,154,906	43,963	3.96	0.023
1988	1,200,067	45,161	3.91	0.023
1989	1,244,484	44,417	3.70	0.024
1990	1,286,756	42,272	3.40	0.024
1991	1,326,322	39,566	3.07	0.025
1992	1,363,554	37,232	2.81	0.025
1993	1,399,110	35,556	2.61	0.025
1994	1,434,059	34,949	2.50	0.025
1995	1,469,174	35,115	2.45	0.026
1996	1,504,730	35,556	2.42	0.026
1997	1,540,425	35,695	2.37	0.026
1998	1,575,824	35,399	2.30	0.026
1999	1,610,264	34,440	2.19	0.027
2000	1,643,334	33,070	2.05	0.027
2001	1,674,678	31,344	1.91	0.027
2002	1,704,642	29,964	1.79	0.027
2003	1,734,398	29,756	1.75	0.027
2004	1,765,527	31,129	1.79	0.027
2005	1,799,078	33,551	1.90	0.027
2006	1,835,908	36,830	2.05	0.028
2007	1,875,459	39,551	2.15	0.028
2008	1,915,639	40,180	2.14	0.028
2009	1,953,498	37,859	1.98	0.028
2010	1,987,105	33,607	1.72	0.028
2011	2,015,403	28,298	1.42	0.028
2012	2,039,556	24,153	1.20	0.028
2013	2,062,548	22,992	1.13	0.028
2014	2,088,618	26,070	1.26	0.028
2015	2,120,716	32,098	1.54	0.029
2016	2,159,927	39,211	1.85	0.029
2017	2,205,080	45,153	2.09	0.029
2018	2,254,068	48,988	2.22	0.029
2019	2,303,697	49,629	2.20	0.030