Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Mongolia 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 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Mongolia 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	Mongolia
1960	6.6	6.82
1961	6.56	6.96
1962	6.54	7.1
1963	6.58	7.24
1964	6.61	7.33
1965	6.6	7.38
1966	6.61	7.41
1967	6.6	7.39
1968	6.58	7.37
1969	6.56	7.34
1970	6.55	7.31
1971	6.54	7.3
1972	6.56	7.28
1973	6.59	7.24
1974	6.61	7.17
1975	6.61	7.07
1976	6.6	6.93
1977	6.54	6.79
1978	6.48	6.62
1979	6.4	6.42
1980	6.29	6.21
1981	6.16	5.98
1982	5.97	5.8
1983	5.79	5.63
1984	5.63	5.45
1985	5.48	5.26
1986	5.33	5.03
1987	5.1	4.83
1988	4.88	4.65
1989	4.67	4.42
1990	4.51	4.5
1991	4.37	4
1992	4.26	3.5
1993	4.15	2.5
1994	4.02	2.7
1995	3.79	2.77
1996	3.57	2.5
1997	3.43	2.4
1998	3.36	2.3
1999	3.31	2.3
2000	3.29	2.2
2001	3.25	2.2
2002	3.18	2.1
2003	3.11	2
2004	3.06	2
2005	3.08	2
2006	3.11	2.1
2007	3.13	2.3
2008	3.13	2.6
2009	3.13	2.8
2010	3.14	2.4
2011	3.1	2.6
2012	3.07	2.7
2013	3.05	3
2014	3.03	3.1
2015	3.01	3
2016	2.99	3
2017	2.97	2.8
2018	2.94	2.9
2019	2.91	3
2020	2.86	2.9
2021	2.83	2.8
2022	2.79	2.7
2023	2.73	2.7
2024	2.7	2.65
2025	2.66	2.6
2026	2.63	2.55
2027	2.59	2.51
2028	2.56	2.47
2029	2.52	2.44
2030	2.49	2.4
2031	2.46	2.37
2032	2.44	2.34
2033	2.41	2.31
2034	2.38	2.29
2035	2.35	2.26
2036	2.32	2.23
2037	2.3	2.21
2038	2.28	2.19
2039	2.26	2.17
2040	2.23	2.15
2041	2.21	2.13
2042	2.2	2.11
2043	2.18	2.09
2044	2.17	2.08
2045	2.15	2.06
2046	2.14	2.05
2047	2.12	2.04
2048	2.11	2.02
2049	2.09	2.01
2050	2.08	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Mongolia
1960	45.1%	38.1%
1961	45.6%	38.8%
1962	46.2%	39.6%
1963	46.8%	40.4%
1964	47.2%	41.4%
1965	47.5%	42.4%
1966	47.9%	43.3%
1967	48.2%	44.2%
1968	48.6%	44.9%
1969	48.9%	45.4%
1970	49.2%	45.6%
1971	49.3%	45.8%
1972	49.1%	45.8%
1973	48.6%	45.8%
1974	48.2%	45.6%
1975	47.7%	45.4%
1976	47.3%	45.2%
1977	47%	44.8%
1978	46.5%	44.5%
1979	46%	44.1%
1980	46.1%	43.7%
1981	46.2%	43.3%
1982	46.2%	43%
1983	46.2%	42.7%
1984	46.2%	42.5%
1985	46.2%	42.3%
1986	46.1%	42.1%
1987	46%	42%
1988	45.8%	41.8%
1989	45.5%	41.7%
1990	45.1%	41.4%
1991	44.7%	41%
1992	44.2%	40.5%
1993	43.7%	40%
1994	43%	39.5%
1995	42.2%	39%
1996	41.4%	38.4%
1997	40.6%	37.8%
1998	39.8%	37%
1999	39.1%	36.2%
2000	38.4%	35.2%
2001	37.7%	34.1%
2002	37.1%	32.9%
2003	36.5%	31.8%
2004	35.9%	30.8%
2005	35.5%	29.9%
2006	35.1%	29.1%
2007	34.8%	28.5%
2008	34.5%	28.1%
2009	34.2%	27.9%
2010	34.1%	27.9%
2011	34%	28%
2012	34.2%	28.1%
2013	34.4%	28.5%
2014	34.4%	28.9%
2015	34.4%	29.5%
2016	34.2%	30.2%
2017	33.9%	30.9%
2018	33.6%	31.6%
2019	33.3%	32.3%
2020	32.9%	32.8%
2021	32.6%	32.9%
2022	32.4%	32.9%
2023	32.3%	32.6%
2024	32.1%	32.2%
2025	32%	31.6%
2026	31.8%	30.9%
2027	31.6%	30.1%
2028	31.4%	29.2%
2029	31.2%	28.2%
2030	30.9%	27.3%
2031	30.6%	26.3%
2032	30.3%	25.6%
2033	30%	24.9%
2034	29.6%	24.3%
2035	29.2%	23.8%
2036	28.7%	23.4%
2037	28.1%	23.1%
2038	27.6%	23%
2039	27.2%	22.9%
2040	26.7%	22.8%
2041	26.3%	22.9%
2042	25.9%	22.9%
2043	25.5%	23%
2044	25.2%	23.1%
2045	24.8%	23.2%
2046	24.5%	23.3%
2047	24.2%	23.4%
2048	24%	23.4%
2049	23.7%	23.4%
2050	23.5%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1960	15,861	20,726
1961	16,185	21,873
1962	16,507	22,960
1963	17,084	24,142
1964	17,634	25,317
1965	18,045	26,364
1966	18,250	27,338
1967	18,463	28,178
1968	18,725	29,017
1969	19,024	29,781
1970	19,438	30,558
1971	19,926	31,536
1972	21,004	32,727
1973	22,449	33,993
1974	24,160	35,297
1975	25,762	36,490
1976	27,497	37,670
1977	29,009	38,995
1978	30,596	40,276
1979	32,486	41,568
1980	33,934	42,343
1981	34,327	43,588
1982	34,859	45,179
1983	35,142	46,919
1984	35,530	48,562
1985	35,966	49,944
1986	36,203	50,329
1987	35,647	51,140
1988	34,564	51,588
1989	33,756	51,420
1990	33,015	49,443
1991	32,219	47,884
1992	31,995	42,437
1993	31,691	36,924
1994	30,664	34,711
1995	28,478	34,473
1996	26,847	33,741
1997	25,738	32,403
1998	25,397	31,757
1999	25,358	32,283
2000	25,850	32,753
2001	26,112	32,052
2002	26,163	30,439
2003	26,545	28,827
2004	27,481	28,418
2005	29,385	29,290
2006	31,340	33,609
2007	33,832	39,636
2008	35,433	45,843
2009	36,671	48,876
2010	38,101	44,914
2011	38,613	50,711
2012	39,202	55,942
2013	39,404	62,618
2014	40,046	66,078
2015	40,897	64,473
2016	41,993	62,086
2017	43,154	57,940
2018	44,171	60,635
2019	45,110	61,433
2020	45,610	60,888
2021	40,894	52,109
2022	47,400	47,730
2023	47,098	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Mongolia

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 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Mongolia
1985	313	352
1986	304	346
1987	302	341
1988	319	335
1989	300	311
1990	296	276
1991	283	227
1992	263	199
1993	230	181
1994	182	178
1995	148	176
1996	130	178
1997	123	180
1998	126	174
1999	131	162
2000	136	144
2001	138	130
2002	140	120
2003	142	114
2004	151	108
2005	166	99
2006	204	90
2007	201	81
2008	199	77
2009	213	75
2010	228	71
2011	269	67
2012	288	63
2013	221	59
2014	212	56
2015	141	52
2016	72	48
2017	46	45
2018	99	45
2019	100	45
2020	98	47
2021	165	63
2022	120	41
2023	155	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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	Mongolia
1960	16.8%	-
1961	16.3%	-
1962	15.8%	-
1963	15.3%	-
1964	14.9%	-
1965	14.5%	-
1966	14%	-
1967	13.6%	-
1968	13.2%	-
1969	12.8%	-
1970	12.4%	-
1971	11.9%	-
1972	11.4%	-
1973	10.9%	-
1974	10.4%	-
1975	9.88%	-
1976	9.32%	-
1977	8.77%	-
1978	8.23%	17.3%
1979	7.74%	16.7%
1980	7.29%	16.1%
1981	6.86%	15.5%
1982	6.47%	15%
1983	6.12%	14.4%
1984	5.8%	13.9%
1985	5.5%	13.4%
1986	5.22%	12.8%
1987	5%	12.2%
1988	4.88%	11.7%
1989	4.87%	11.1%
1990	5.01%	10.7%
1991	5.29%	10.2%
1992	5.7%	9.78%
1993	6.2%	9.39%
1994	6.72%	9%
1995	6.74%	8.6%
1996	7.1%	8.19%
1997	7.37%	7.74%
1998	7.57%	7.27%
1999	7.91%	6.78%
2000	8.11%	6.29%
2001	8.12%	5.8%
2002	8%	5.32%
2003	7.85%	4.87%
2004	7.63%	4.45%
2005	7.03%	4.07%
2006	6.43%	3.71%
2007	6.16%	3.39%
2008	6.03%	3.11%
2009	5.78%	2.85%
2010	5.58%	2.63%
2011	5.68%	2.44%
2012	5.34%	2.28%
2013	5.1%	2.15%
2014	5.11%	2.04%
2015	4.98%	1.94%
2016	4.9%	1.84%
2017	4.65%	1.74%
2018	4.59%	1.64%
2019	4.5%	1.56%
2020	4.39%	1.48%
2021	4.2%	1.43%
2022	4.07%	1.39%
2023	3.96%	1.36%