Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Burundi

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Burundi 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 4.88 in Burundi in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Burundi 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	Burundi
1960	6.6	7
1961	6.56	7.02
1962	6.54	7.04
1963	6.58	7.07
1964	6.61	7.09
1965	6.6	7.11
1966	6.61	7.14
1967	6.6	7.16
1968	6.58	7.18
1969	6.56	7.22
1970	6.55	7.21
1971	6.54	7.21
1972	6.56	7.21
1973	6.59	7.22
1974	6.61	7.22
1975	6.61	7.24
1976	6.6	7.25
1977	6.54	7.25
1978	6.48	7.26
1979	6.4	7.31
1980	6.29	7.35
1981	6.16	7.33
1982	5.97	7.31
1983	5.79	7.3
1984	5.63	7.3
1985	5.48	7.29
1986	5.33	7.32
1987	5.1	7.38
1988	4.88	7.38
1989	4.67	7.39
1990	4.51	7.37
1991	4.37	7.34
1992	4.26	7.3
1993	4.15	7.27
1994	4.02	7.23
1995	3.79	7.18
1996	3.57	7.12
1997	3.43	7.04
1998	3.36	6.96
1999	3.31	6.9
2000	3.29	6.87
2001	3.25	6.85
2002	3.18	6.82
2003	3.11	6.79
2004	3.06	6.75
2005	3.08	6.71
2006	3.11	6.66
2007	3.13	6.59
2008	3.13	6.52
2009	3.13	6.41
2010	3.14	6.26
2011	3.1	6.11
2012	3.07	5.99
2013	3.05	5.89
2014	3.03	5.79
2015	3.01	5.7
2016	2.99	5.59
2017	2.97	5.48
2018	2.94	5.38
2019	2.91	5.27
2020	2.86	5.18
2021	2.83	5.08
2022	2.79	4.98
2023	2.73	4.88
2024	2.7	4.79
2025	2.66	4.68
2026	2.63	4.57
2027	2.59	4.46
2028	2.56	4.37
2029	2.52	4.28
2030	2.49	4.2
2031	2.46	4.11
2032	2.44	4.03
2033	2.41	3.95
2034	2.38	3.85
2035	2.35	3.78
2036	2.32	3.69
2037	2.3	3.62
2038	2.28	3.55
2039	2.26	3.49
2040	2.23	3.43
2041	2.21	3.37
2042	2.2	3.32
2043	2.18	3.27
2044	2.17	3.22
2045	2.15	3.17
2046	2.14	3.13
2047	2.12	3.08
2048	2.11	3.04
2049	2.09	3
2050	2.08	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Burundi
1960	45.1%	45.1%
1961	45.6%	45.2%
1962	46.2%	45.3%
1963	46.8%	45.5%
1964	47.2%	45.5%
1965	47.5%	45.4%
1966	47.9%	45.2%
1967	48.2%	45%
1968	48.6%	44.9%
1969	48.9%	44.9%
1970	49.2%	44.9%
1971	49.3%	44.9%
1972	49.1%	45.5%
1973	48.6%	46%
1974	48.2%	45.8%
1975	47.7%	45.7%
1976	47.3%	45.8%
1977	47%	45.8%
1978	46.5%	45.7%
1979	46%	45.8%
1980	46.1%	45.4%
1981	46.2%	45.2%
1982	46.2%	45.6%
1983	46.2%	45.9%
1984	46.2%	46.3%
1985	46.2%	46.8%
1986	46.1%	47.3%
1987	46%	47.6%
1988	45.8%	48%
1989	45.5%	48.4%
1990	45.1%	48.7%
1991	44.7%	48.9%
1992	44.2%	48.9%
1993	43.7%	51%
1994	43%	51.1%
1995	42.2%	49.1%
1996	41.4%	49.6%
1997	40.6%	49.9%
1998	39.8%	49.4%
1999	39.1%	48.7%
2000	38.4%	48.3%
2001	37.7%	47.7%
2002	37.1%	47.2%
2003	36.5%	46.7%
2004	35.9%	46.2%
2005	35.5%	45.8%
2006	35.1%	45.6%
2007	34.8%	45.4%
2008	34.5%	45.2%
2009	34.2%	45%
2010	34.1%	45.1%
2011	34%	45.4%
2012	34.2%	45.7%
2013	34.4%	46.1%
2014	34.4%	46.4%
2015	34.4%	47%
2016	34.2%	47.7%
2017	33.9%	47.9%
2018	33.6%	47.8%
2019	33.3%	47.3%
2020	32.9%	47%
2021	32.6%	46.5%
2022	32.4%	46%
2023	32.3%	45.4%
2024	32.1%	44.7%
2025	32%	44%
2026	31.8%	43.2%
2027	31.6%	42.5%
2028	31.4%	41.7%
2029	31.2%	41%
2030	30.9%	40.3%
2031	30.6%	39.7%
2032	30.3%	39.2%
2033	30%	38.8%
2034	29.6%	38.5%
2035	29.2%	38.1%
2036	28.7%	37.8%
2037	28.1%	37.5%
2038	27.6%	37.2%
2039	27.2%	36.9%
2040	26.7%	36.6%
2041	26.3%	36.4%
2042	25.9%	36.1%
2043	25.5%	35.9%
2044	25.2%	35.6%
2045	24.8%	35.4%
2046	24.5%	35.1%
2047	24.2%	34.8%
2048	24%	34.4%
2049	23.7%	34.1%
2050	23.5%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 44.7% in Burundi in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 48.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Burundi compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Burundi by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +3% in Burundi. 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	Burundi
1960	15,861	70,032
1961	16,185	71,216
1962	16,507	74,710
1963	17,084	75,962
1964	17,634	77,528
1965	18,045	78,208
1966	18,250	83,651
1967	18,463	86,373
1968	18,725	88,765
1969	19,024	90,852
1970	19,438	92,476
1971	19,926	95,153
1972	21,004	30,532
1973	22,449	74,805
1974	24,160	95,486
1975	25,762	101,172
1976	27,497	104,396
1977	29,009	108,488
1978	30,596	114,884
1979	32,486	123,377
1980	33,934	127,746
1981	34,327	146,231
1982	34,859	147,090
1983	35,142	152,801
1984	35,530	154,366
1985	35,966	156,896
1986	36,203	156,170
1987	35,647	157,481
1988	34,564	145,234
1989	33,756	157,547
1990	33,015	156,617
1991	32,219	156,148
1992	31,995	156,420
1993	31,691	128,898
1994	30,664	112,968
1995	28,478	160,284
1996	26,847	158,920
1997	25,738	150,404
1998	25,397	154,010
1999	25,358	166,699
2000	25,850	173,867
2001	26,112	184,541
2002	26,163	201,892
2003	26,545	216,295
2004	27,481	234,891
2005	29,385	253,401
2006	31,340	269,874
2007	33,832	285,323
2008	35,433	300,750
2009	36,671	319,583
2010	38,101	341,808
2011	38,613	348,934
2012	39,202	354,068
2013	39,404	362,224
2014	40,046	367,797
2015	40,897	370,856
2016	41,993	358,393
2017	43,154	353,879
2018	44,171	351,704
2019	45,110	357,672
2020	45,610	361,654
2021	40,894	359,844
2022	47,400	363,786
2023	47,098	368,917

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Burundi

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 392 deaths in Burundi.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Burundi
1985	313	1,428
1986	304	1,441
1987	302	1,446
1988	319	1,519
1989	300	1,511
1990	296	1,515
1991	283	1,513
1992	263	1,464
1993	230	1,801
1994	182	1,215
1995	148	1,293
1996	130	1,236
1997	123	1,100
1998	126	969
1999	131	899
2000	136	860
2001	138	799
2002	140	743
2003	142	705
2004	151	687
2005	166	685
2006	204	670
2007	201	655
2008	199	635
2009	213	612
2010	228	614
2011	269	597
2012	288	575
2013	221	555
2014	212	533
2015	141	525
2016	72	501
2017	46	482
2018	99	464
2019	100	449
2020	98	441
2021	165	447
2022	120	412
2023	155	392

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 4.92% in Burundi. 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	Burundi
1960	16.8%	-
1961	16.3%	-
1962	15.8%	-
1963	15.3%	-
1964	14.9%	24.2%
1965	14.5%	24.4%
1966	14%	24.5%
1967	13.6%	24.7%
1968	13.2%	24.9%
1969	12.8%	25%
1970	12.4%	25.1%
1971	11.9%	25.1%
1972	11.4%	31.9%
1973	10.9%	25.2%
1974	10.4%	25.2%
1975	9.88%	25.1%
1976	9.32%	25%
1977	8.77%	24.6%
1978	8.23%	24.1%
1979	7.74%	23.3%
1980	7.29%	22.4%
1981	6.86%	21.4%
1982	6.47%	20.3%
1983	6.12%	19.3%
1984	5.8%	18.4%
1985	5.5%	17.7%
1986	5.22%	17.2%
1987	5%	16.9%
1988	4.88%	16.8%
1989	4.87%	16.9%
1990	5.01%	17%
1991	5.29%	17.1%
1992	5.7%	17.2%
1993	6.2%	19.5%
1994	6.72%	17.2%
1995	6.74%	17.1%
1996	7.1%	17%
1997	7.37%	16.7%
1998	7.57%	16.3%
1999	7.91%	15.9%
2000	8.11%	15.4%
2001	8.12%	14.9%
2002	8%	14.3%
2003	7.85%	13.7%
2004	7.63%	13.1%
2005	7.03%	12.4%
2006	6.43%	11.7%
2007	6.16%	11%
2008	6.03%	10.3%
2009	5.78%	9.66%
2010	5.58%	9.08%
2011	5.68%	8.53%
2012	5.34%	8.02%
2013	5.1%	7.55%
2014	5.11%	7.13%
2015	4.98%	6.76%
2016	4.9%	6.44%
2017	4.65%	6.15%
2018	4.59%	5.9%
2019	4.5%	5.67%
2020	4.39%	5.46%
2021	4.2%	5.26%
2022	4.07%	5.08%
2023	3.96%	4.92%