Botswana's population rose from 1.54M in 1996 to 2.56M in 2025.
Botswana · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Botswana's population growth fell from 2.4 % in 1996 to 1.6 % in 2025.
Botswana's population density rose from 2.6 in 1994 to 4.4 in 2023.
Botswana's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.1 % in 1996 to 50.2 % in 2025.
Botswana's urbanisation rose from 50.4 % in 1996 to 68.0 % in 2025.
Botswana's urban population rose from 773,397 in 1996 to 1.74M in 2025.
Botswana's rural population rose from 762,517 in 1996 to 821,007 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.1 %65th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.4 %54th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.2 %169th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.7 %152nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs155th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts60th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts122nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts164th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts96th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts168th of 217
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- Net migrationup +2.0 %140th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts115th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +7.2 %129th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs158th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs158th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs157th of 217