Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and Botswana

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs Botswana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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 Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Botswana
1960	6.27	6.6
1961	6.26	6.56
1962	6.25	6.54
1963	6.23	6.58
1964	6.21	6.61
1965	6.18	6.6
1966	6.16	6.61
1967	6.13	6.6
1968	6.1	6.58
1969	6.06	6.56
1970	6	6.55
1971	5.95	6.54
1972	5.89	6.56
1973	5.85	6.59
1974	5.8	6.61
1975	5.75	6.61
1976	5.74	6.6
1977	5.67	6.54
1978	5.61	6.48
1979	5.54	6.4
1980	5.47	6.29
1981	5.41	6.16
1982	5.35	5.97
1983	5.29	5.79
1984	5.24	5.63
1985	5.15	5.48
1986	5.12	5.33
1987	5.06	5.1
1988	5.03	4.88
1989	4.97	4.67
1990	4.9	4.51
1991	4.85	4.37
1992	4.71	4.26
1993	4.59	4.15
1994	4.49	4.02
1995	4.41	3.79
1996	4.34	3.57
1997	4.22	3.43
1998	4.15	3.36
1999	4.09	3.31
2000	3.99	3.29
2001	3.89	3.25
2002	3.8	3.18
2003	3.72	3.11
2004	3.63	3.06
2005	3.56	3.08
2006	3.53	3.11
2007	3.45	3.13
2008	3.36	3.13
2009	3.29	3.13
2010	3.21	3.14
2011	3.14	3.1
2012	3.08	3.07
2013	3.01	3.05
2014	2.95	3.03
2015	2.89	3.01
2016	2.83	2.99
2017	2.78	2.97
2018	2.73	2.94
2019	2.69	2.91
2020	2.65	2.86
2021	2.62	2.83
2022	2.58	2.79
2023	2.55	2.73
2024	2.52	2.7
2025	2.5	2.66
2026	2.47	2.63
2027	2.45	2.59
2028	2.42	2.56
2029	2.4	2.52
2030	2.38	2.49
2031	2.36	2.46
2032	2.34	2.44
2033	2.32	2.41
2034	2.3	2.38
2035	2.28	2.35
2036	2.26	2.32
2037	2.24	2.3
2038	2.23	2.28
2039	2.21	2.26
2040	2.19	2.23
2041	2.18	2.21
2042	2.16	2.2
2043	2.15	2.18
2044	2.13	2.17
2045	2.12	2.15
2046	2.11	2.14
2047	2.09	2.12
2048	2.08	2.11
2049	2.07	2.09
2050	2.06	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	Botswana
1960	40.6%	45.1%
1961	40.5%	45.6%
1962	40.5%	46.2%
1963	40.5%	46.8%
1964	40.6%	47.2%
1965	40.8%	47.5%
1966	40.9%	47.9%
1967	41%	48.2%
1968	41.1%	48.6%
1969	41.2%	48.9%
1970	41.2%	49.2%
1971	41.3%	49.3%
1972	41.3%	49.1%
1973	41.3%	48.6%
1974	41.3%	48.2%
1975	41.3%	47.7%
1976	41.3%	47.3%
1977	41.3%	47%
1978	41.2%	46.5%
1979	41.2%	46%
1980	41.1%	46.1%
1981	41.1%	46.2%
1982	41%	46.2%
1983	40.9%	46.2%
1984	40.9%	46.2%
1985	40.8%	46.2%
1986	40.7%	46.1%
1987	40.6%	46%
1988	40.5%	45.8%
1989	40.4%	45.5%
1990	40.3%	45.1%
1991	40.2%	44.7%
1992	40%	44.2%
1993	39.8%	43.7%
1994	39.6%	43%
1995	39.3%	42.2%
1996	39.1%	41.4%
1997	38.8%	40.6%
1998	38.6%	39.8%
1999	38.3%	39.1%
2000	38%	38.4%
2001	37.7%	37.7%
2002	37.4%	37.1%
2003	37.1%	36.5%
2004	36.7%	35.9%
2005	36.3%	35.5%
2006	36%	35.1%
2007	35.6%	34.8%
2008	35.2%	34.5%
2009	34.8%	34.2%
2010	34.4%	34.1%
2011	34.1%	34%
2012	33.7%	34.2%
2013	33.3%	34.4%
2014	33%	34.4%
2015	32.6%	34.4%
2016	32.3%	34.2%
2017	31.9%	33.9%
2018	31.6%	33.6%
2019	31.3%	33.3%
2020	31%	32.9%
2021	30.8%	32.6%
2022	30.5%	32.4%
2023	30.1%	32.3%
2024	29.8%	32.1%
2025	29.4%	32%
2026	29.1%	31.8%
2027	28.8%	31.6%
2028	28.5%	31.4%
2029	28.1%	31.2%
2030	27.8%	30.9%
2031	27.6%	30.6%
2032	27.3%	30.3%
2033	27%	30%
2034	26.7%	29.6%
2035	26.5%	29.2%
2036	26.2%	28.7%
2037	26%	28.1%
2038	25.7%	27.6%
2039	25.4%	27.2%
2040	25.2%	26.7%
2041	24.9%	26.3%
2042	24.7%	25.9%
2043	24.4%	25.5%
2044	24.2%	25.2%
2045	24%	24.8%
2046	23.7%	24.5%
2047	23.5%	24.2%
2048	23.3%	24%
2049	23%	23.7%
2050	22.8%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 32.1% in Botswana in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and Botswana compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs Botswana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Botswana
1960	78,501	15,861
1961	81,106	16,185
1962	84,090	16,507
1963	87,010	17,084
1964	89,745	17,634
1965	92,655	18,045
1966	95,800	18,250
1967	99,339	18,463
1968	102,671	18,725
1969	105,361	19,024
1970	107,897	19,438
1971	110,749	19,926
1972	112,799	21,004
1973	116,323	22,449
1974	119,560	24,160
1975	122,864	25,762
1976	128,552	27,497
1977	131,569	29,009
1978	134,504	30,596
1979	137,331	32,486
1980	140,460	33,934
1981	143,199	34,327
1982	144,825	34,859
1983	147,129	35,142
1984	150,545	35,530
1985	152,288	35,966
1986	156,146	36,203
1987	160,458	35,647
1988	164,763	34,564
1989	168,044	33,756
1990	171,351	33,015
1991	174,836	32,219
1992	174,242	31,995
1993	175,344	31,691
1994	175,387	30,664
1995	175,141	28,478
1996	175,861	26,847
1997	173,731	25,738
1998	174,207	25,397
1999	175,051	25,358
2000	172,996	25,850
2001	171,177	26,112
2002	170,656	26,163
2003	171,846	26,545
2004	172,350	27,481
2005	173,567	29,385
2006	177,999	31,340
2007	178,309	33,832
2008	178,576	35,433
2009	178,741	36,671
2010	179,036	38,101
2011	178,840	38,613
2012	178,716	39,202
2013	177,929	39,404
2014	176,967	40,046
2015	176,169	40,897
2016	175,057	41,993
2017	173,799	43,154
2018	172,775	44,171
2019	171,593	45,110
2020	131,870	45,610
2021	119,576	40,894
2022	167,691	47,400
2023	172,336	47,098

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs Botswana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 155 deaths in Botswana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	Botswana
1985	518	313
1986	503	304
1987	478	302
1988	457	319
1989	430	300
1990	407	296
1991	391	283
1992	375	263
1993	354	230
1994	336	182
1995	322	148
1996	314	130
1997	306	123
1998	298	126
1999	292	131
2000	287	136
2001	276	138
2002	262	140
2003	256	142
2004	251	151
2005	242	166
2006	236	204
2007	224	201
2008	214	199
2009	205	213
2010	196	228
2011	187	269
2012	180	288
2013	175	221
2014	171	212
2015	166	141
2016	162	72
2017	160	46
2018	157	99
2019	156	100
2020	218	98
2021	270	165
2022	164	120
2023	146	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Botswana
1960	29%	16.8%
1961	28.4%	16.3%
1962	27.8%	15.8%
1963	27.2%	15.3%
1964	26.6%	14.9%
1965	26%	14.5%
1966	25.4%	14%
1967	24.8%	13.6%
1968	24.2%	13.2%
1969	23.6%	12.8%
1970	22.9%	12.4%
1971	22.3%	11.9%
1972	21.7%	11.4%
1973	21%	10.9%
1974	20.4%	10.4%
1975	19.8%	9.88%
1976	19.1%	9.32%
1977	18.5%	8.77%
1978	17.9%	8.23%
1979	17.4%	7.74%
1980	16.9%	7.29%
1981	16.5%	6.86%
1982	16%	6.47%
1983	15.6%	6.12%
1984	15.1%	5.8%
1985	14.6%	5.5%
1986	14.2%	5.22%
1987	13.7%	5%
1988	13.2%	4.88%
1989	12.7%	4.87%
1990	12.2%	5.01%
1991	11.7%	5.29%
1992	11.2%	5.7%
1993	10.8%	6.2%
1994	10.3%	6.72%
1995	9.84%	6.74%
1996	9.38%	7.1%
1997	8.93%	7.37%
1998	8.47%	7.57%
1999	8.02%	7.91%
2000	7.57%	8.11%
2001	7.14%	8.12%
2002	6.74%	8%
2003	6.35%	7.85%
2004	5.99%	7.63%
2005	5.64%	7.03%
2006	5.31%	6.43%
2007	5%	6.16%
2008	4.72%	6.03%
2009	4.45%	5.78%
2010	4.2%	5.58%
2011	3.97%	5.68%
2012	3.75%	5.34%
2013	3.54%	5.1%
2014	3.35%	5.11%
2015	3.18%	4.98%
2016	3.03%	4.9%
2017	2.9%	4.65%
2018	2.78%	4.59%
2019	2.67%	4.5%
2020	2.57%	4.39%
2021	2.48%	4.2%
2022	2.39%	4.07%
2023	2.31%	3.96%