Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Botswana

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Botswana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.73 in Botswana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Botswana population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Botswana
1960	6.7	6.6
1961	6.7	6.56
1962	6.69	6.54
1963	6.69	6.58
1964	6.68	6.61
1965	6.68	6.6
1966	6.67	6.61
1967	6.67	6.6
1968	6.66	6.58
1969	6.66	6.56
1970	6.65	6.55
1971	6.64	6.54
1972	6.64	6.56
1973	6.63	6.59
1974	6.62	6.61
1975	6.62	6.61
1976	6.62	6.6
1977	6.61	6.54
1978	6.58	6.48
1979	6.55	6.4
1980	6.51	6.29
1981	6.46	6.16
1982	6.4	5.97
1983	6.34	5.79
1984	6.26	5.63
1985	6.18	5.48
1986	6.1	5.33
1987	6	5.1
1988	5.88	4.88
1989	5.76	4.67
1990	5.6	4.51
1991	5.45	4.37
1992	5.27	4.26
1993	5.07	4.15
1994	4.87	4.02
1995	4.62	3.79
1996	4.37	3.57
1997	4.09	3.43
1998	3.85	3.36
1999	3.61	3.31
2000	3.38	3.29
2001	3.19	3.25
2002	3.01	3.18
2003	2.87	3.11
2004	2.78	3.06
2005	2.73	3.08
2006	2.66	3.11
2007	2.59	3.13
2008	2.48	3.13
2009	2.36	3.13
2010	2.25	3.14
2011	2.15	3.1
2012	2.07	3.07
2013	2	3.05
2014	1.92	3.03
2015	1.84	3.01
2016	1.74	2.99
2017	1.62	2.97
2018	1.52	2.94
2019	1.45	2.91
2020	1.5	2.86
2021	1.49	2.83
2022	1.48	2.79
2023	1.46	2.73
2024	1.45	2.7
2025	1.44	2.66
2026	1.43	2.63
2027	1.42	2.59
2028	1.42	2.56
2029	1.42	2.52
2030	1.42	2.49
2031	1.42	2.46
2032	1.42	2.44
2033	1.42	2.41
2034	1.42	2.38
2035	1.42	2.35
2036	1.43	2.32
2037	1.43	2.3
2038	1.43	2.28
2039	1.43	2.26
2040	1.43	2.23
2041	1.44	2.21
2042	1.44	2.2
2043	1.44	2.18
2044	1.44	2.17
2045	1.44	2.15
2046	1.45	2.14
2047	1.45	2.12
2048	1.45	2.11
2049	1.46	2.09
2050	1.46	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Botswana
1960	42.3%	45.1%
1961	42.1%	45.6%
1962	41.9%	46.2%
1963	41.8%	46.8%
1964	41.8%	47.2%
1965	41.7%	47.5%
1966	41.7%	47.9%
1967	41.7%	48.2%
1968	41.8%	48.6%
1969	41.8%	48.9%
1970	41.8%	49.2%
1971	41.9%	49.3%
1972	42%	49.1%
1973	42.1%	48.6%
1974	42.2%	48.2%
1975	42.3%	47.7%
1976	42.4%	47.3%
1977	42.5%	47%
1978	42.6%	46.5%
1979	42.7%	46%
1980	42.8%	46.1%
1981	42.9%	46.2%
1982	43%	46.2%
1983	43.1%	46.2%
1984	43.1%	46.2%
1985	43.1%	46.2%
1986	43.1%	46.1%
1987	43.1%	46%
1988	43%	45.8%
1989	43%	45.5%
1990	42.9%	45.1%
1991	42.8%	44.7%
1992	42.6%	44.2%
1993	42.4%	43.7%
1994	42.1%	43%
1995	41.7%	42.2%
1996	41.3%	41.4%
1997	40.7%	40.6%
1998	40.1%	39.8%
1999	39.4%	39.1%
2000	38.6%	38.4%
2001	37.7%	37.7%
2002	36.6%	37.1%
2003	35.5%	36.5%
2004	34.3%	35.9%
2005	33.2%	35.5%
2006	32.4%	35.1%
2007	31.6%	34.8%
2008	30.8%	34.5%
2009	30.1%	34.2%
2010	29.4%	34.1%
2011	28.8%	34%
2012	28.3%	34.2%
2013	27.8%	34.4%
2014	27.4%	34.4%
2015	27%	34.4%
2016	26.5%	34.2%
2017	25.8%	33.9%
2018	25%	33.6%
2019	24.2%	33.3%
2020	23.4%	32.9%
2021	22.7%	32.6%
2022	22%	32.4%
2023	21.5%	32.3%
2024	20.9%	32.1%
2025	20.4%	32%
2026	19.8%	31.8%
2027	19.3%	31.6%
2028	18.7%	31.4%
2029	18.3%	31.2%
2030	17.9%	30.9%
2031	17.6%	30.6%
2032	17.4%	30.3%
2033	17.2%	30%
2034	17.1%	29.6%
2035	17%	29.2%
2036	16.9%	28.7%
2037	16.8%	28.1%
2038	16.6%	27.6%
2039	16.5%	27.2%
2040	16.3%	26.7%
2041	16.2%	26.3%
2042	16%	25.9%
2043	15.9%	25.5%
2044	15.7%	25.2%
2045	15.6%	24.8%
2046	15.4%	24.5%
2047	15.2%	24.2%
2048	15%	24%
2049	14.8%	23.7%
2050	14.6%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 32.1% in Botswana in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Botswana compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Botswana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +1.88% in Botswana. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bhutan	Botswana
1960	4,888	15,861
1961	5,081	16,185
1962	5,297	16,507
1963	5,551	17,084
1964	5,818	17,634
1965	6,109	18,045
1966	6,418	18,250
1967	6,744	18,463
1968	7,085	18,725
1969	7,435	19,024
1970	7,791	19,438
1971	8,161	19,926
1972	8,549	21,004
1973	8,939	22,449
1974	9,324	24,160
1975	9,775	25,762
1976	10,228	27,497
1977	10,679	29,009
1978	11,133	30,596
1979	11,583	32,486
1980	12,016	33,934
1981	12,444	34,327
1982	12,872	34,859
1983	13,284	35,142
1984	13,688	35,530
1985	14,061	35,966
1986	14,516	36,203
1987	14,887	35,647
1988	15,212	34,564
1989	15,516	33,756
1990	15,704	33,015
1991	15,801	32,219
1992	15,594	31,995
1993	13,915	31,691
1994	13,536	30,664
1995	12,938	28,478
1996	12,153	26,847
1997	11,668	25,738
1998	11,320	25,397
1999	10,940	25,358
2000	10,142	25,850
2001	9,904	26,112
2002	9,464	26,163
2003	9,132	26,545
2004	9,056	27,481
2005	9,102	29,385
2006	9,197	31,340
2007	9,322	33,832
2008	9,200	35,433
2009	8,913	36,671
2010	8,598	38,101
2011	8,282	38,613
2012	7,967	39,202
2013	7,689	39,404
2014	7,290	40,046
2015	6,762	40,897
2016	6,164	41,993
2017	5,367	43,154
2018	4,909	44,171
2019	4,643	45,110
2020	5,142	45,610
2021	5,162	40,894
2022	5,204	47,400
2023	5,153	47,098

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Botswana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 155 deaths in Botswana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Botswana
1985	969	313
1986	911	304
1987	857	302
1988	798	319
1989	747	300
1990	704	296
1991	671	283
1992	656	263
1993	578	230
1994	544	182
1995	498	148
1996	450	130
1997	415	123
1998	378	126
1999	346	131
2000	324	136
2001	286	138
2002	257	140
2003	229	142
2004	207	151
2005	186	166
2006	167	204
2007	149	201
2008	133	199
2009	121	213
2010	107	228
2011	96	269
2012	86	288
2013	79	221
2014	73	212
2015	68	141
2016	63	72
2017	58	46
2018	55	99
2019	52	100
2020	51	98
2021	50	165
2022	49	120
2023	47	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 3.96% in Botswana. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bhutan	Botswana
1960	-	16.8%
1961	-	16.3%
1962	-	15.8%
1963	-	15.3%
1964	-	14.9%
1965	-	14.5%
1966	-	14%
1967	-	13.6%
1968	27.4%	13.2%
1969	26.7%	12.8%
1970	26.2%	12.4%
1971	25.5%	11.9%
1972	24.9%	11.4%
1973	24.3%	10.9%
1974	23.6%	10.4%
1975	22.9%	9.88%
1976	22.3%	9.32%
1977	21.6%	8.77%
1978	20.9%	8.23%
1979	20.2%	7.74%
1980	19.5%	7.29%
1981	18.7%	6.86%
1982	18%	6.47%
1983	17.3%	6.12%
1984	16.6%	5.8%
1985	15.9%	5.5%
1986	15.3%	5.22%
1987	14.6%	5%
1988	14%	4.88%
1989	13.4%	4.87%
1990	12.8%	5.01%
1991	12.3%	5.29%
1992	11.8%	5.7%
1993	11.3%	6.2%
1994	10.8%	6.72%
1995	10.3%	6.74%
1996	9.75%	7.1%
1997	9.26%	7.37%
1998	8.77%	7.57%
1999	8.3%	7.91%
2000	7.85%	8.11%
2001	7.4%	8.12%
2002	6.96%	8%
2003	6.54%	7.85%
2004	6.12%	7.63%
2005	5.71%	7.03%
2006	5.32%	6.43%
2007	4.96%	6.16%
2008	4.62%	6.03%
2009	4.31%	5.78%
2010	4.03%	5.58%
2011	3.77%	5.68%
2012	3.56%	5.34%
2013	3.38%	5.1%
2014	3.22%	5.11%
2015	3.08%	4.98%
2016	2.96%	4.9%
2017	2.85%	4.65%
2018	2.74%	4.59%
2019	2.65%	4.5%
2020	2.55%	4.39%
2021	2.47%	4.2%
2022	2.39%	4.07%
2023	2.31%	3.96%