Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Romania

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	6.6	2.34
1961	6.56	2.17
1962	6.54	2.04
1963	6.58	2.01
1964	6.61	1.96
1965	6.6	1.91
1966	6.61	1.9
1967	6.6	3.66
1968	6.58	3.63
1969	6.56	3.19
1970	6.55	2.89
1971	6.54	2.67
1972	6.56	2.55
1973	6.59	2.44
1974	6.61	2.71
1975	6.61	2.59
1976	6.6	2.54
1977	6.54	2.57
1978	6.48	2.52
1979	6.4	2.49
1980	6.29	2.43
1981	6.16	2.36
1982	5.97	2.17
1983	5.79	2.06
1984	5.63	2.26
1985	5.48	2.31
1986	5.33	2.39
1987	5.1	2.38
1988	4.88	2.3
1989	4.67	2.22
1990	4.51	1.83
1991	4.37	1.59
1992	4.26	1.51
1993	4.15	1.43
1994	4.02	1.4
1995	3.79	1.33
1996	3.57	1.3
1997	3.43	1.32
1998	3.36	1.32
1999	3.31	1.3
2000	3.29	1.31
2001	3.25	1.27
2002	3.18	1.27
2003	3.11	1.3
2004	3.06	1.33
2005	3.08	1.4
2006	3.11	1.42
2007	3.13	1.45
2008	3.13	1.6
2009	3.13	1.66
2010	3.14	1.59
2011	3.1	1.47
2012	3.07	1.52
2013	3.05	1.46
2014	3.03	1.56
2015	3.01	1.62
2016	2.99	1.69
2017	2.97	1.78
2018	2.94	1.76
2019	2.91	1.77
2020	2.86	1.8
2021	2.83	1.81
2022	2.79	1.71
2023	2.73	1.71
2024	2.7	1.71
2025	2.66	1.71
2026	2.63	1.7
2027	2.59	1.7
2028	2.56	1.7
2029	2.52	1.7
2030	2.49	1.7
2031	2.46	1.7
2032	2.44	1.7
2033	2.41	1.69
2034	2.38	1.69
2035	2.35	1.69
2036	2.32	1.69
2037	2.3	1.69
2038	2.28	1.69
2039	2.26	1.69
2040	2.23	1.69
2041	2.21	1.68
2042	2.2	1.68
2043	2.18	1.68
2044	2.17	1.68
2045	2.15	1.68
2046	2.14	1.68
2047	2.12	1.68
2048	2.11	1.68
2049	2.09	1.68
2050	2.08	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Romania
1960	45.1%	28.1%
1961	45.6%	28%
1962	46.2%	27.7%
1963	46.8%	27.3%
1964	47.2%	26.7%
1965	47.5%	26%
1966	47.9%	25.2%
1967	48.2%	25%
1968	48.6%	25.1%
1969	48.9%	25.1%
1970	49.2%	25.1%
1971	49.3%	24.9%
1972	49.1%	24.9%
1973	48.6%	24.9%
1974	48.2%	25.1%
1975	47.7%	25.3%
1976	47.3%	25.7%
1977	47%	26%
1978	46.5%	26.3%
1979	46%	26.5%
1980	46.1%	26.8%
1981	46.2%	27.1%
1982	46.2%	26.8%
1983	46.2%	25.9%
1984	46.2%	25.1%
1985	46.2%	24.6%
1986	46.1%	24.3%
1987	46%	24%
1988	45.8%	23.9%
1989	45.5%	23.7%
1990	45.1%	23.3%
1991	44.7%	22.8%
1992	44.2%	22.2%
1993	43.7%	21.6%
1994	43%	21%
1995	42.2%	20.5%
1996	41.4%	20%
1997	40.6%	19.6%
1998	39.8%	19.3%
1999	39.1%	19.1%
2000	38.4%	18.6%
2001	37.7%	18.1%
2002	37.1%	17.5%
2003	36.5%	16.9%
2004	35.9%	16.4%
2005	35.5%	16%
2006	35.1%	15.8%
2007	34.8%	15.7%
2008	34.5%	15.7%
2009	34.2%	15.7%
2010	34.1%	15.7%
2011	34%	15.8%
2012	34.2%	15.7%
2013	34.4%	15.7%
2014	34.4%	15.7%
2015	34.4%	15.7%
2016	34.2%	15.7%
2017	33.9%	15.8%
2018	33.6%	15.9%
2019	33.3%	16%
2020	32.9%	16.1%
2021	32.6%	16.1%
2022	32.4%	16%
2023	32.3%	15.9%
2024	32.1%	15.7%
2025	32%	15.6%
2026	31.8%	15.4%
2027	31.6%	15.3%
2028	31.4%	15.2%
2029	31.2%	15.1%
2030	30.9%	15%
2031	30.6%	14.9%
2032	30.3%	14.7%
2033	30%	14.6%
2034	29.6%	14.4%
2035	29.2%	14.4%
2036	28.7%	14.3%
2037	28.1%	14.3%
2038	27.6%	14.3%
2039	27.2%	14.2%
2040	26.7%	14.2%
2041	26.3%	14.3%
2042	25.9%	14.3%
2043	25.5%	14.3%
2044	25.2%	14.3%
2045	24.8%	14.4%
2046	24.5%	14.4%
2047	24.2%	14.4%
2048	24%	14.4%
2049	23.7%	14.4%
2050	23.5%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	15,861	191,431
1961	16,185	163,286
1962	16,507	130,736
1963	17,084	139,104
1964	17,634	134,326
1965	18,045	114,190
1966	18,250	115,293
1967	18,463	347,709
1968	18,725	338,577
1969	19,024	264,120
1970	19,438	234,905
1971	19,926	206,662
1972	21,004	198,316
1973	22,449	175,020
1974	24,160	235,530
1975	25,762	219,324
1976	27,497	213,361
1977	29,009	215,385
1978	30,596	204,148
1979	32,486	194,397
1980	33,934	168,776
1981	34,327	156,472
1982	34,859	119,121
1983	35,142	87,986
1984	35,530	117,731
1985	35,966	111,392
1986	36,203	134,737
1987	35,647	128,517
1988	34,564	126,817
1989	33,756	122,756
1990	33,015	69,605
1991	32,219	25,301
1992	31,995	-4,559
1993	31,691	-13,658
1994	30,664	-18,184
1995	28,478	-36,295
1996	26,847	-56,548
1997	25,738	-42,853
1998	25,397	-33,761
1999	25,358	-31,461
2000	25,850	-22,443
2001	26,112	-37,625
2002	26,163	-58,673
2003	26,545	-56,093
2004	27,481	-42,904
2005	29,385	-40,508
2006	31,340	-38,148
2007	33,832	-37,590
2008	35,433	-30,806
2009	36,671	-34,625
2010	38,101	-46,567
2011	38,613	-56,413
2012	39,202	-54,157
2013	39,404	-59,951
2014	40,046	-55,745
2015	40,897	-59,447
2016	41,993	-53,196
2017	43,154	-50,930
2018	44,171	-62,316
2019	45,110	-60,053
2020	45,610	-100,179
2021	40,894	-141,504
2022	47,400	-93,338
2023	47,098	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Romania
1985	313	184
1986	304	180
1987	302	173
1988	319	159
1989	300	143
1990	296	118
1991	283	104
1992	263	95
1993	230	87
1994	182	80
1995	148	75
1996	130	72
1997	123	66
1998	126	58
1999	131	51
2000	136	45
2001	138	41
2002	140	38
2003	142	35
2004	151	32
2005	166	30
2006	204	27
2007	201	25
2008	199	25
2009	213	25
2010	228	23
2011	269	20
2012	288	19
2013	221	18
2014	212	18
2015	141	18
2016	72	17
2017	46	17
2018	99	15
2019	100	14
2020	98	16
2021	165	20
2022	120	13
2023	155	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	16.8%	8.82%
1961	16.3%	7.98%
1962	15.8%	6.98%
1963	15.3%	6.03%
1964	14.9%	5.45%
1965	14.5%	5.44%
1966	14%	5.83%
1967	13.6%	6.27%
1968	13.2%	6.44%
1969	12.8%	6.23%
1970	12.4%	5.69%
1971	11.9%	5.06%
1972	11.4%	4.64%
1973	10.9%	4.49%
1974	10.4%	4.43%
1975	9.88%	4.27%
1976	9.32%	4.05%
1977	8.77%	3.86%
1978	8.23%	3.76%
1979	7.74%	3.68%
1980	7.29%	3.57%
1981	6.86%	3.44%
1982	6.47%	3.28%
1983	6.12%	3.14%
1984	5.8%	3.08%
1985	5.5%	3.16%
1986	5.22%	3.33%
1987	5%	3.45%
1988	4.88%	3.43%
1989	4.87%	3.31%
1990	5.01%	3.14%
1991	5.29%	2.97%
1992	5.7%	2.84%
1993	6.2%	2.79%
1994	6.72%	2.76%
1995	6.74%	2.73%
1996	7.1%	2.68%
1997	7.37%	2.58%
1998	7.57%	2.44%
1999	7.91%	2.29%
2000	8.11%	2.16%
2001	8.12%	2.06%
2002	8%	2.01%
2003	7.85%	1.99%
2004	7.63%	1.94%
2005	7.03%	1.82%
2006	6.43%	1.66%
2007	6.16%	1.51%
2008	6.03%	1.4%
2009	5.78%	1.31%
2010	5.58%	1.24%
2011	5.68%	1.18%
2012	5.34%	1.12%
2013	5.1%	1.05%
2014	5.11%	0.99%
2015	4.98%	0.92%
2016	4.9%	0.85%
2017	4.65%	0.79%
2018	4.59%	0.73%
2019	4.5%	0.68%
2020	4.39%	0.66%
2021	4.2%	0.65%
2022	4.07%	0.66%
2023	3.96%	0.66%