Demographics of Botswana

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	14 May 2024

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There are 1.34 million males and 1.38 million females in Botswana. The percentage of the male population is 49.42%, compared to 50.58% of the female population. Botswana has 31k more females than males. The sex ratio in Botswana in 2024 will be 97.715 males per 100 females. Botswana is in the 86th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Botswana population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	413,481	2.25
1955	461,880	2.07
1960	512,865	2.20
1965	570,975	0.68
1970	592,244	1.15
1975	727,930	5.14
1980	938,578	4.83
1985	1,138,704	3.52
1990	1,341,474	2.94
1995	1,543,634	2.54
2000	1,726,985	2.04
2005	1,892,807	1.83
2010	2,091,664	2.06
2015	2,305,171	1.99
2020	2,546,402	1.80
2021	2,588,423	1.48
2022	2,630,296	1.73
2023	2,675,352	1.67
2024	2,719,694	1.62

Population
Growth

Botswana death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	8,423	18,796	20.338	45.384
1955	8,719	21,874	18.800	47.163
1960	8,638	24,256	16.770	47.090
1965	8,461	26,562	14.635	45.942
1970	7,803	27,359	13.033	45.698
1975	7,843	33,507	10.857	46.383
1980	8,285	41,514	8.881	44.499
1985	8,493	45,283	7.468	39.817
1990	10,697	46,010	7.986	34.350
1995	16,312	47,790	10.596	31.042
2000	22,623	49,908	13.128	28.961
2005	23,765	53,708	12.568	28.404
2010	18,664	58,309	8.930	27.898
2015	17,131	60,853	7.435	26.409
2020	17,690	61,583	6.950	24.195
2021	24,478	60,999	9.461	23.576
2022	18,131	60,554	6.897	23.036
2023	18,506	60,190	6.921	22.512
2024	18,887	59,877	6.949	22.029

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Botswana
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	11,205	401,326	2.716
1955	13,543	456,197	2.883
1960	16,053	508,499	3.060
1965	22,923	574,267	3.839
1970	54,495	641,102	7.834
1975	98,144	727,696	11.884
1980	164,984	836,174	16.479
1985	317,784	871,330	26.724
1990	577,801	800,111	41.933
1995	768,551	800,543	48.981
2000	919,803	808,537	53.219
2005	1,038,238	817,614	55.944
2010	1,257,527	757,339	62.412
2015	1,483,587	725,610	67.155
2020	1,712,212	703,554	70.877
2021	1,757,850	698,606	71.560
2022	1,803,179	693,476	72.224
2023	1,848,155	688,191	72.867
2024	1,892,771	682,785	73.490

Population
Urbanization

Botswana population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	148,465	144,719	293,185	10.78	102.588
05-09	148,020	144,256	292,276	10.75	102.609
10-14	141,601	138,069	279,670	10.28	102.558
15-19	131,260	128,350	259,610	9.55	102.267
20-24	117,587	115,673	233,260	8.58	101.655
25-29	111,148	109,462	220,609	8.11	101.540
30-34	111,524	110,205	221,729	8.15	101.197
35-39	106,964	107,682	214,646	7.89	99.333
40-44	94,052	98,001	192,054	7.06	95.970
45-49	72,552	76,989	149,541	5.50	94.237
50-54	51,603	56,521	108,124	3.98	91.299
55-59	38,810	46,136	84,946	3.12	84.121
60-64	28,053	36,383	64,436	2.37	77.105
65-69	19,384	27,026	46,410	1.71	71.724
70-74	11,887	17,547	29,434	1.08	67.744
75-79	6,202	9,554	15,755	0.58	64.915
80-84	3,263	5,373	8,636	0.32	60.730
85-89	1,323	2,533	3,856	0.14	52.231
90-94	361	861	1,222	0.04	41.928
95-99	64	193	257	0.01	33.161
100+	7	32	38	0.00	21.875
Total	1,344,130	1,375,565	2,719,694		97.715

Population pyramid
Gender ratio