Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Burkina Faso

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Burkina Faso chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.19 in Burkina Faso in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Burkina Faso
1960	6.6	6.25
1961	6.56	6.29
1962	6.54	6.32
1963	6.58	6.36
1964	6.61	6.42
1965	6.6	6.47
1966	6.61	6.53
1967	6.6	6.59
1968	6.58	6.65
1969	6.56	6.66
1970	6.55	6.69
1971	6.54	6.7
1972	6.56	6.72
1973	6.59	6.77
1974	6.61	6.84
1975	6.61	6.91
1976	6.6	6.95
1977	6.54	7.05
1978	6.48	7.15
1979	6.4	7.19
1980	6.29	7.22
1981	6.16	7.26
1982	5.97	7.25
1983	5.79	7.25
1984	5.63	7.25
1985	5.48	7.24
1986	5.33	7.22
1987	5.1	7.17
1988	4.88	7.11
1989	4.67	7.05
1990	4.51	7.01
1991	4.37	6.97
1992	4.26	6.94
1993	4.15	6.89
1994	4.02	6.84
1995	3.79	6.81
1996	3.57	6.78
1997	3.43	6.72
1998	3.36	6.66
1999	3.31	6.59
2000	3.29	6.52
2001	3.25	6.43
2002	3.18	6.34
2003	3.11	6.28
2004	3.06	6.22
2005	3.08	6.18
2006	3.11	6.17
2007	3.13	6.11
2008	3.13	6.05
2009	3.13	5.99
2010	3.14	5.94
2011	3.1	5.87
2012	3.07	5.79
2013	3.05	5.7
2014	3.03	5.6
2015	3.01	5.48
2016	2.99	5.33
2017	2.97	5.17
2018	2.94	4.92
2019	2.91	4.68
2020	2.86	4.44
2021	2.83	4.36
2022	2.79	4.28
2023	2.73	4.19
2024	2.7	4.11
2025	2.66	4
2026	2.63	3.91
2027	2.59	3.82
2028	2.56	3.73
2029	2.52	3.64
2030	2.49	3.57
2031	2.46	3.5
2032	2.44	3.43
2033	2.41	3.38
2034	2.38	3.31
2035	2.35	3.24
2036	2.32	3.17
2037	2.3	3.11
2038	2.28	3.05
2039	2.26	3.01
2040	2.23	2.96
2041	2.21	2.92
2042	2.2	2.88
2043	2.18	2.84
2044	2.17	2.81
2045	2.15	2.77
2046	2.14	2.73
2047	2.12	2.7
2048	2.11	2.67
2049	2.09	2.64
2050	2.08	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Burkina Faso
1960	45.1%	39.9%
1961	45.6%	39.9%
1962	46.2%	39.9%
1963	46.8%	40.2%
1964	47.2%	40.5%
1965	47.5%	40.9%
1966	47.9%	41.2%
1967	48.2%	41.5%
1968	48.6%	41.8%
1969	48.9%	42.1%
1970	49.2%	42.4%
1971	49.3%	42.6%
1972	49.1%	42.9%
1973	48.6%	43.1%
1974	48.2%	43.4%
1975	47.7%	43.6%
1976	47.3%	43.8%
1977	47%	44%
1978	46.5%	44.2%
1979	46%	44.5%
1980	46.1%	44.7%
1981	46.2%	44.9%
1982	46.2%	45.2%
1983	46.2%	45.4%
1984	46.2%	45.6%
1985	46.2%	45.8%
1986	46.1%	46.1%
1987	46%	46.3%
1988	45.8%	46.6%
1989	45.5%	46.8%
1990	45.1%	46.9%
1991	44.7%	47.1%
1992	44.2%	47.3%
1993	43.7%	47.3%
1994	43%	47.3%
1995	42.2%	47.3%
1996	41.4%	47.2%
1997	40.6%	47.2%
1998	39.8%	47%
1999	39.1%	46.8%
2000	38.4%	46.6%
2001	37.7%	46.3%
2002	37.1%	46%
2003	36.5%	45.8%
2004	35.9%	45.6%
2005	35.5%	45.5%
2006	35.1%	45.4%
2007	34.8%	45.4%
2008	34.5%	45.4%
2009	34.2%	45.5%
2010	34.1%	45.6%
2011	34%	45.6%
2012	34.2%	45.6%
2013	34.4%	45.6%
2014	34.4%	45.6%
2015	34.4%	45.5%
2016	34.2%	45.3%
2017	33.9%	45.1%
2018	33.6%	44.9%
2019	33.3%	44.5%
2020	32.9%	44%
2021	32.6%	43.5%
2022	32.4%	43%
2023	32.3%	42.4%
2024	32.1%	41.8%
2025	32%	41.2%
2026	31.8%	40.5%
2027	31.6%	39.9%
2028	31.4%	39.2%
2029	31.2%	38.5%
2030	30.9%	37.9%
2031	30.6%	37.2%
2032	30.3%	36.7%
2033	30%	36.1%
2034	29.6%	35.7%
2035	29.2%	35.4%
2036	28.7%	35%
2037	28.1%	34.7%
2038	27.6%	34.4%
2039	27.2%	34%
2040	26.7%	33.7%
2041	26.3%	33.4%
2042	25.9%	33%
2043	25.5%	32.7%
2044	25.2%	32.4%
2045	24.8%	32.1%
2046	24.5%	31.7%
2047	24.2%	31.4%
2048	24%	31%
2049	23.7%	30.6%
2050	23.5%	30.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 41.8% in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 46.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Burkina Faso compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Burkina Faso by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +2.68% in Burkina Faso. 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
	Botswana	Burkina Faso
1960	15,861	92,055
1961	16,185	95,059
1962	16,507	98,561
1963	17,084	101,760
1964	17,634	105,741
1965	18,045	109,544
1966	18,250	113,344
1967	18,463	117,223
1968	18,725	121,264
1969	19,024	123,666
1970	19,438	127,814
1971	19,926	130,924
1972	21,004	135,756
1973	22,449	141,751
1974	24,160	149,231
1975	25,762	157,174
1976	27,497	165,224
1977	29,009	175,672
1978	30,596	187,019
1979	32,486	196,647
1980	33,934	205,248
1981	34,327	212,623
1982	34,859	220,896
1983	35,142	228,467
1984	35,530	237,838
1985	35,966	246,574
1986	36,203	252,922
1987	35,647	257,730
1988	34,564	262,065
1989	33,756	267,314
1990	33,015	273,846
1991	32,219	280,111
1992	31,995	284,622
1993	31,691	289,044
1994	30,664	296,465
1995	28,478	305,878
1996	26,847	315,820
1997	25,738	322,253
1998	25,397	333,196
1999	25,358	342,630
2000	25,850	356,657
2001	26,112	367,731
2002	26,163	377,333
2003	26,545	394,516
2004	27,481	408,567
2005	29,385	427,243
2006	31,340	450,357
2007	33,832	467,277
2008	35,433	485,223
2009	36,671	499,596
2010	38,101	515,480
2011	38,613	530,765
2012	39,202	544,293
2013	39,404	556,096
2014	40,046	563,218
2015	40,897	570,554
2016	41,993	571,519
2017	43,154	569,975
2018	44,171	556,493
2019	45,110	540,001
2020	45,610	524,359
2021	40,894	527,468
2022	47,400	538,146
2023	47,098	545,227

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Burkina Faso

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 242 deaths in Burkina Faso.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Burkina Faso
1985	313	850
1986	304	834
1987	302	820
1988	319	806
1989	300	787
1990	296	759
1991	283	732
1992	263	703
1993	230	677
1994	182	651
1995	148	629
1996	130	605
1997	123	610
1998	126	567
1999	131	547
2000	136	524
2001	138	513
2002	140	508
2003	142	495
2004	151	481
2005	166	467
2006	204	463
2007	201	453
2008	199	429
2009	213	419
2010	228	404
2011	269	388
2012	288	376
2013	221	361
2014	212	344
2015	141	328
2016	72	313
2017	46	298
2018	99	286
2019	100	274
2020	98	334
2021	165	354
2022	120	316
2023	155	242

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 7.73% in Burkina Faso. 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
	Botswana	Burkina Faso
1960	16.8%	34.5%
1961	16.3%	34.1%
1962	15.8%	33.7%
1963	15.3%	33.4%
1964	14.9%	33.1%
1965	14.5%	32.8%
1966	14%	32.5%
1967	13.6%	32.2%
1968	13.2%	32%
1969	12.8%	31.8%
1970	12.4%	31.5%
1971	11.9%	31.2%
1972	11.4%	30.7%
1973	10.9%	30.1%
1974	10.4%	29.3%
1975	9.88%	28.4%
1976	9.32%	27.3%
1977	8.77%	26.3%
1978	8.23%	25.4%
1979	7.74%	24.6%
1980	7.29%	23.9%
1981	6.86%	23.3%
1982	6.47%	22.8%
1983	6.12%	22.3%
1984	5.8%	21.9%
1985	5.5%	21.4%
1986	5.22%	21%
1987	5%	20.6%
1988	4.88%	20.2%
1989	4.87%	20%
1990	5.01%	19.8%
1991	5.29%	19.8%
1992	5.7%	19.7%
1993	6.2%	19.7%
1994	6.72%	19.6%
1995	6.74%	19.4%
1996	7.1%	19.2%
1997	7.37%	18.9%
1998	7.57%	18.5%
1999	7.91%	18.2%
2000	8.11%	17.8%
2001	8.12%	17.4%
2002	8%	16.9%
2003	7.85%	16.4%
2004	7.63%	15.9%
2005	7.03%	15.2%
2006	6.43%	14.6%
2007	6.16%	13.9%
2008	6.03%	13.3%
2009	5.78%	12.7%
2010	5.58%	12.2%
2011	5.68%	11.7%
2012	5.34%	11.3%
2013	5.1%	10.9%
2014	5.11%	10.5%
2015	4.98%	10.1%
2016	4.9%	9.77%
2017	4.65%	9.43%
2018	4.59%	9.12%
2019	4.5%	8.82%
2020	4.39%	8.53%
2021	4.2%	8.25%
2022	4.07%	7.99%
2023	3.96%	7.73%