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Botswana: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
2.56 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.6%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.5%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20312.81Forecast
20302.77Forecast
20292.73Forecast
20282.69Forecast
20272.64Forecast
20262.60Forecast
20252.56
20242.52
20232.48
20222.44
20212.40
20202.37
20192.33
20182.30
20172.27
20162.23

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Albers, Jerven & Suesse1900–2015
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2022–2031
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Botswana documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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