Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Liberia

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Liberia 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 3.95 in Liberia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Liberia 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	Liberia
1960	6.6	6.39
1961	6.56	6.45
1962	6.54	6.5
1963	6.58	6.56
1964	6.61	6.59
1965	6.6	6.62
1966	6.61	6.63
1967	6.6	6.65
1968	6.58	6.66
1969	6.56	6.64
1970	6.55	6.58
1971	6.54	6.54
1972	6.56	6.6
1973	6.59	6.65
1974	6.61	6.69
1975	6.61	6.74
1976	6.6	6.79
1977	6.54	6.84
1978	6.48	6.88
1979	6.4	6.92
1980	6.29	6.87
1981	6.16	6.83
1982	5.97	6.79
1983	5.79	6.76
1984	5.63	6.73
1985	5.48	6.69
1986	5.33	6.64
1987	5.1	6.57
1988	4.88	6.51
1989	4.67	6.43
1990	4.51	6.37
1991	4.37	6.32
1992	4.26	6.28
1993	4.15	6.25
1994	4.02	6.21
1995	3.79	6.17
1996	3.57	6.13
1997	3.43	6.08
1998	3.36	6.02
1999	3.31	5.95
2000	3.29	5.88
2001	3.25	5.77
2002	3.18	5.65
2003	3.11	5.55
2004	3.06	5.51
2005	3.08	5.52
2006	3.11	5.53
2007	3.13	5.46
2008	3.13	5.33
2009	3.13	5.17
2010	3.14	5.06
2011	3.1	4.97
2012	3.07	4.88
2013	3.05	4.75
2014	3.03	4.62
2015	3.01	4.52
2016	2.99	4.46
2017	2.97	4.4
2018	2.94	4.34
2019	2.91	4.26
2020	2.86	4.17
2021	2.83	4.09
2022	2.79	4.02
2023	2.73	3.95
2024	2.7	3.86
2025	2.66	3.79
2026	2.63	3.71
2027	2.59	3.64
2028	2.56	3.57
2029	2.52	3.51
2030	2.49	3.43
2031	2.46	3.38
2032	2.44	3.31
2033	2.41	3.25
2034	2.38	3.2
2035	2.35	3.15
2036	2.32	3.11
2037	2.3	3.06
2038	2.28	3.02
2039	2.26	2.98
2040	2.23	2.94
2041	2.21	2.91
2042	2.2	2.87
2043	2.18	2.83
2044	2.17	2.8
2045	2.15	2.77
2046	2.14	2.73
2047	2.12	2.7
2048	2.11	2.68
2049	2.09	2.65
2050	2.08	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Liberia
1960	45.1%	41.1%
1961	45.6%	41.1%
1962	46.2%	41.2%
1963	46.8%	41.4%
1964	47.2%	41.7%
1965	47.5%	42%
1966	47.9%	42.2%
1967	48.2%	42.4%
1968	48.6%	42.6%
1969	48.9%	42.8%
1970	49.2%	42.9%
1971	49.3%	43%
1972	49.1%	43.2%
1973	48.6%	43.3%
1974	48.2%	43.4%
1975	47.7%	43.5%
1976	47.3%	43.6%
1977	47%	43.7%
1978	46.5%	43.8%
1979	46%	43.9%
1980	46.1%	44%
1981	46.2%	44.1%
1982	46.2%	44.2%
1983	46.2%	44.2%
1984	46.2%	44.2%
1985	46.2%	44.2%
1986	46.1%	44.3%
1987	46%	44.3%
1988	45.8%	44.2%
1989	45.5%	44.1%
1990	45.1%	44.1%
1991	44.7%	44.2%
1992	44.2%	44.1%
1993	43.7%	43.9%
1994	43%	43.8%
1995	42.2%	43.6%
1996	41.4%	43.4%
1997	40.6%	43.3%
1998	39.8%	43.2%
1999	39.1%	43.1%
2000	38.4%	43%
2001	37.7%	43%
2002	37.1%	42.9%
2003	36.5%	42.9%
2004	35.9%	42.9%
2005	35.5%	43%
2006	35.1%	43.1%
2007	34.8%	43.2%
2008	34.5%	43.2%
2009	34.2%	43.1%
2010	34.1%	43.1%
2011	34%	42.7%
2012	34.2%	42.4%
2013	34.4%	42.5%
2014	34.4%	42.5%
2015	34.4%	42.4%
2016	34.2%	42.3%
2017	33.9%	42.1%
2018	33.6%	42%
2019	33.3%	41.7%
2020	32.9%	41.4%
2021	32.6%	41%
2022	32.4%	40.5%
2023	32.3%	40%
2024	32.1%	39.5%
2025	32%	39.1%
2026	31.8%	38.6%
2027	31.6%	38.1%
2028	31.4%	37.7%
2029	31.2%	37.2%
2030	30.9%	36.9%
2031	30.6%	36.5%
2032	30.3%	36.2%
2033	30%	35.8%
2034	29.6%	35.5%
2035	29.2%	35.2%
2036	28.7%	34.9%
2037	28.1%	34.5%
2038	27.6%	34.2%
2039	27.2%	33.9%
2040	26.7%	33.6%
2041	26.3%	33.2%
2042	25.9%	32.9%
2043	25.5%	32.6%
2044	25.2%	32.3%
2045	24.8%	32%
2046	24.5%	31.6%
2047	24.2%	31.3%
2048	24%	31%
2049	23.7%	30.7%
2050	23.5%	30.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 39.5% in Liberia in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Liberia compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Liberia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +2.41% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	15,861	25,713
1961	16,185	26,670
1962	16,507	27,679
1963	17,084	28,708
1964	17,634	29,592
1965	18,045	30,618
1966	18,250	31,454
1967	18,463	32,519
1968	18,725	33,536
1969	19,024	34,677
1970	19,438	35,196
1971	19,926	36,015
1972	21,004	37,860
1973	22,449	39,694
1974	24,160	41,499
1975	25,762	43,478
1976	27,497	45,528
1977	29,009	47,582
1978	30,596	49,813
1979	32,486	52,125
1980	33,934	53,452
1981	34,327	55,003
1982	34,859	56,127
1983	35,142	57,562
1984	35,530	59,460
1985	35,966	59,988
1986	36,203	61,924
1987	35,647	62,147
1988	34,564	62,703
1989	33,756	63,238
1990	33,015	52,770
1991	32,219	47,426
1992	31,995	50,204
1993	31,691	51,609
1994	30,664	52,101
1995	28,478	53,407
1996	26,847	56,392
1997	25,738	61,444
1998	25,397	72,146
1999	25,358	78,130
2000	25,850	83,143
2001	26,112	86,217
2002	26,163	88,643
2003	26,545	87,534
2004	27,481	91,755
2005	29,385	96,478
2006	31,340	104,099
2007	33,832	109,165
2008	35,433	112,032
2009	36,671	113,429
2010	38,101	114,249
2011	38,613	115,496
2012	39,202	121,973
2013	39,404	120,138
2014	40,046	116,667
2015	40,897	115,479
2016	41,993	118,852
2017	43,154	119,376
2018	44,171	120,231
2019	45,110	120,635
2020	45,610	120,632
2021	40,894	121,038
2022	47,400	123,747
2023	47,098	125,730

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Liberia

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 628 deaths in Liberia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Liberia
1985	313	1,749
1986	304	1,678
1987	302	1,655
1988	319	1,647
1989	300	1,633
1990	296	2,146
1991	283	1,627
1992	263	1,643
1993	230	1,709
1994	182	1,811
1995	148	1,530
1996	130	1,438
1997	123	1,043
1998	126	962
1999	131	852
2000	136	786
2001	138	720
2002	140	700
2003	142	759
2004	151	645
2005	166	619
2006	204	647
2007	201	659
2008	199	663
2009	213	674
2010	228	712
2011	269	726
2012	288	728
2013	221	725
2014	212	801
2015	141	784
2016	72	690
2017	46	703
2018	99	707
2019	100	689
2020	98	664
2021	165	667
2022	120	634
2023	155	628

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 7.29% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	16.8%	31.3%
1961	16.3%	31.3%
1962	15.8%	31.3%
1963	15.3%	31.2%
1964	14.9%	31.1%
1965	14.5%	30.8%
1966	14%	30.6%
1967	13.6%	30.2%
1968	13.2%	29.8%
1969	12.8%	29.3%
1970	12.4%	28.8%
1971	11.9%	28.3%
1972	11.4%	27.8%
1973	10.9%	27.4%
1974	10.4%	26.9%
1975	9.88%	26.5%
1976	9.32%	26%
1977	8.77%	25.6%
1978	8.23%	25.3%
1979	7.74%	24.9%
1980	7.29%	24.6%
1981	6.86%	24.3%
1982	6.47%	24.1%
1983	6.12%	24%
1984	5.8%	24.1%
1985	5.5%	24.3%
1986	5.22%	24.7%
1987	5%	25.2%
1988	4.88%	25.8%
1989	4.87%	26.4%
1990	5.01%	26.8%
1991	5.29%	27%
1992	5.7%	26.9%
1993	6.2%	26.6%
1994	6.72%	25.9%
1995	6.74%	25.1%
1996	7.1%	24.1%
1997	7.37%	23%
1998	7.57%	21.8%
1999	7.91%	20.5%
2000	8.11%	19.2%
2001	8.12%	17.9%
2002	8%	16.7%
2003	7.85%	15.4%
2004	7.63%	14.3%
2005	7.03%	13.3%
2006	6.43%	12.5%
2007	6.16%	11.8%
2008	6.03%	11.3%
2009	5.78%	10.8%
2010	5.58%	10.4%
2011	5.68%	10.1%
2012	5.34%	9.82%
2013	5.1%	9.54%
2014	5.11%	9.5%
2015	4.98%	9.08%
2016	4.9%	8.83%
2017	4.65%	8.6%
2018	4.59%	8.4%
2019	4.5%	8.19%
2020	4.39%	7.97%
2021	4.2%	7.74%
2022	4.07%	7.51%
2023	3.96%	7.29%