Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Iraq

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	6.6	5.3
1961	6.56	5.8
1962	6.54	6.99
1963	6.58	7.01
1964	6.61	7.01
1965	6.6	7.02
1966	6.61	7.02
1967	6.6	7.03
1968	6.58	7.06
1969	6.56	7.08
1970	6.55	7.07
1971	6.54	7.06
1972	6.56	7.02
1973	6.59	6.99
1974	6.61	6.95
1975	6.61	6.91
1976	6.6	6.86
1977	6.54	6.8
1978	6.48	6.73
1979	6.4	6.66
1980	6.29	6.59
1981	6.16	6.53
1982	5.97	6.46
1983	5.79	6.39
1984	5.63	6.32
1985	5.48	6.25
1986	5.33	6.18
1987	5.1	6.11
1988	4.88	6.05
1989	4.67	5.99
1990	4.51	5.93
1991	4.37	5.83
1992	4.26	5.72
1993	4.15	5.61
1994	4.02	5.49
1995	3.79	5.36
1996	3.57	5.25
1997	3.43	5.19
1998	3.36	5.11
1999	3.31	5.04
2000	3.29	4.92
2001	3.25	4.8
2002	3.18	4.67
2003	3.11	4.58
2004	3.06	4.53
2005	3.08	4.45
2006	3.11	4.46
2007	3.13	4.4
2008	3.13	4.37
2009	3.13	4.38
2010	3.14	4.46
2011	3.1	4.59
2012	3.07	4.54
2013	3.05	4.44
2014	3.03	4.31
2015	3.01	4.08
2016	2.99	3.84
2017	2.97	3.64
2018	2.94	3.55
2019	2.91	3.48
2020	2.86	3.42
2021	2.83	3.36
2022	2.79	3.29
2023	2.73	3.25
2024	2.7	3.22
2025	2.66	3.17
2026	2.63	3.13
2027	2.59	3.09
2028	2.56	3.05
2029	2.52	3.01
2030	2.49	2.97
2031	2.46	2.94
2032	2.44	2.89
2033	2.41	2.86
2034	2.38	2.83
2035	2.35	2.79
2036	2.32	2.77
2037	2.3	2.74
2038	2.28	2.71
2039	2.26	2.69
2040	2.23	2.66
2041	2.21	2.64
2042	2.2	2.61
2043	2.18	2.59
2044	2.17	2.57
2045	2.15	2.54
2046	2.14	2.52
2047	2.12	2.5
2048	2.11	2.48
2049	2.09	2.47
2050	2.08	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Iraq
1960	45.1%	39.8%
1961	45.6%	39.9%
1962	46.2%	40.4%
1963	46.8%	41%
1964	47.2%	41.5%
1965	47.5%	42.1%
1966	47.9%	42.5%
1967	48.2%	42.8%
1968	48.6%	43%
1969	48.9%	43.3%
1970	49.2%	43.6%
1971	49.3%	44.1%
1972	49.1%	44.7%
1973	48.6%	45.5%
1974	48.2%	46.2%
1975	47.7%	46.7%
1976	47.3%	47.2%
1977	47%	47.3%
1978	46.5%	47.1%
1979	46%	47%
1980	46.1%	46.8%
1981	46.2%	46.7%
1982	46.2%	46.6%
1983	46.2%	46.5%
1984	46.2%	46.3%
1985	46.2%	46.2%
1986	46.1%	46%
1987	46%	45.8%
1988	45.8%	45.6%
1989	45.5%	45.4%
1990	45.1%	45.2%
1991	44.7%	45%
1992	44.2%	44.9%
1993	43.7%	44.7%
1994	43%	44.6%
1995	42.2%	44.4%
1996	41.4%	44.3%
1997	40.6%	44.1%
1998	39.8%	44%
1999	39.1%	43.8%
2000	38.4%	43.7%
2001	37.7%	43.5%
2002	37.1%	43.3%
2003	36.5%	43.1%
2004	35.9%	42.9%
2005	35.5%	42.6%
2006	35.1%	42.3%
2007	34.8%	42.1%
2008	34.5%	41.8%
2009	34.2%	41.5%
2010	34.1%	41.2%
2011	34%	41.1%
2012	34.2%	41%
2013	34.4%	40.8%
2014	34.4%	40.6%
2015	34.4%	40.4%
2016	34.2%	40.1%
2017	33.9%	39.7%
2018	33.6%	39.3%
2019	33.3%	38.9%
2020	32.9%	38.5%
2021	32.6%	38.1%
2022	32.4%	37.6%
2023	32.3%	37.1%
2024	32.1%	36.6%
2025	32%	36%
2026	31.8%	35.4%
2027	31.6%	34.7%
2028	31.4%	34.1%
2029	31.2%	33.4%
2030	30.9%	32.9%
2031	30.6%	32.5%
2032	30.3%	32.1%
2033	30%	31.8%
2034	29.6%	31.6%
2035	29.2%	31.3%
2036	28.7%	31.1%
2037	28.1%	30.9%
2038	27.6%	30.6%
2039	27.2%	30.4%
2040	26.7%	30.1%
2041	26.3%	29.9%
2042	25.9%	29.7%
2043	25.5%	29.4%
2044	25.2%	29.1%
2045	24.8%	28.8%
2046	24.5%	28.6%
2047	24.2%	28.3%
2048	24%	28%
2049	23.7%	27.7%
2050	23.5%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	15,861	155,651
1961	16,185	184,792
1962	16,507	247,520
1963	17,084	254,046
1964	17,634	262,825
1965	18,045	274,551
1966	18,250	285,507
1967	18,463	298,192
1968	18,725	310,644
1969	19,024	324,792
1970	19,438	338,030
1971	19,926	351,464
1972	21,004	362,334
1973	22,449	373,191
1974	24,160	376,197
1975	25,762	385,916
1976	27,497	402,260
1977	29,009	410,229
1978	30,596	418,756
1979	32,486	428,458
1980	33,934	419,653
1981	34,327	416,998
1982	34,859	428,336
1983	35,142	439,800
1984	35,530	455,740
1985	35,966	467,445
1986	36,203	474,348
1987	35,647	488,742
1988	34,564	476,778
1989	33,756	496,852
1990	33,015	518,575
1991	32,219	550,146
1992	31,995	591,886
1993	31,691	606,700
1994	30,664	634,344
1995	28,478	642,977
1996	26,847	652,866
1997	25,738	667,582
1998	25,397	684,152
1999	25,358	702,170
2000	25,850	715,771
2001	26,112	729,704
2002	26,163	739,419
2003	26,545	746,159
2004	27,481	761,563
2005	29,385	776,603
2006	31,340	797,342
2007	33,832	784,119
2008	35,433	802,382
2009	36,671	855,096
2010	38,101	906,369
2011	38,613	971,082
2012	39,202	999,987
2013	39,404	1,026,036
2014	40,046	1,040,726
2015	40,897	1,007,561
2016	41,993	946,968
2017	43,154	924,507
2018	44,171	938,310
2019	45,110	942,972
2020	45,610	919,953
2021	40,894	941,924
2022	47,400	962,501
2023	47,098	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Iraq
1985	313	152
1986	304	147
1987	302	145
1988	319	174
1989	300	190
1990	296	195
1991	283	157
1992	263	126
1993	230	132
1994	182	142
1995	148	152
1996	130	158
1997	123	165
1998	126	163
1999	131	156
2000	136	146
2001	138	137
2002	140	128
2003	142	125
2004	151	122
2005	166	118
2006	204	120
2007	201	117
2008	199	109
2009	213	107
2010	228	107
2011	269	105
2012	288	100
2013	221	96
2014	212	90
2015	141	86
2016	72	87
2017	46	81
2018	99	76
2019	100	74
2020	98	63
2021	165	77
2022	120	59
2023	155	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	16.8%	19%
1961	16.3%	17.9%
1962	15.8%	16.9%
1963	15.3%	16%
1964	14.9%	15.1%
1965	14.5%	14.4%
1966	14%	13.6%
1967	13.6%	13%
1968	13.2%	12.4%
1969	12.8%	11.8%
1970	12.4%	11.2%
1971	11.9%	10.7%
1972	11.4%	10.3%
1973	10.9%	9.79%
1974	10.4%	9.35%
1975	9.88%	8.93%
1976	9.32%	8.54%
1977	8.77%	8.17%
1978	8.23%	7.83%
1979	7.74%	7.52%
1980	7.29%	7.23%
1981	6.86%	6.96%
1982	6.47%	6.71%
1983	6.12%	6.49%
1984	5.8%	6.28%
1985	5.5%	6.09%
1986	5.22%	5.91%
1987	5%	5.75%
1988	4.88%	6.92%
1989	4.87%	8.12%
1990	5.01%	7.97%
1991	5.29%	6.49%
1992	5.7%	5.17%
1993	6.2%	5.07%
1994	6.72%	4.98%
1995	6.74%	4.89%
1996	7.1%	4.8%
1997	7.37%	4.71%
1998	7.57%	4.61%
1999	7.91%	4.52%
2000	8.11%	4.43%
2001	8.12%	4.33%
2002	8%	4.24%
2003	7.85%	4.16%
2004	7.63%	4.07%
2005	7.03%	3.97%
2006	6.43%	3.88%
2007	6.16%	3.78%
2008	6.03%	3.67%
2009	5.78%	3.56%
2010	5.58%	3.46%
2011	5.68%	3.35%
2012	5.34%	3.24%
2013	5.1%	3.14%
2014	5.11%	3.04%
2015	4.98%	2.94%
2016	4.9%	2.84%
2017	4.65%	2.75%
2018	4.59%	2.66%
2019	4.5%	2.57%
2020	4.39%	2.49%
2021	4.2%	2.41%
2022	4.07%	2.33%
2023	3.96%	2.26%