Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Russia

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	6.6	2.52
1961	6.56	2.45
1962	6.54	2.36
1963	6.58	2.27
1964	6.61	2.18
1965	6.6	2.13
1966	6.61	2.1
1967	6.6	2.04
1968	6.58	1.99
1969	6.56	1.97
1970	6.55	1.99
1971	6.54	2.03
1972	6.56	2.04
1973	6.59	2.01
1974	6.61	2
1975	6.61	1.98
1976	6.6	1.97
1977	6.54	1.95
1978	6.48	1.92
1979	6.4	1.9
1980	6.29	1.89
1981	6.16	1.91
1982	5.97	2.04
1983	5.79	2.11
1984	5.63	2.06
1985	5.48	2.05
1986	5.33	2.15
1987	5.1	2.22
1988	4.88	2.12
1989	4.67	2.01
1990	4.51	1.89
1991	4.37	1.73
1992	4.26	1.55
1993	4.15	1.39
1994	4.02	1.4
1995	3.79	1.34
1996	3.57	1.27
1997	3.43	1.22
1998	3.36	1.23
1999	3.31	1.16
2000	3.29	1.2
2001	3.25	1.22
2002	3.18	1.29
2003	3.11	1.32
2004	3.06	1.34
2005	3.08	1.29
2006	3.11	1.31
2007	3.13	1.42
2008	3.13	1.5
2009	3.13	1.54
2010	3.14	1.57
2011	3.1	1.58
2012	3.07	1.69
2013	3.05	1.71
2014	3.03	1.75
2015	3.01	1.78
2016	2.99	1.76
2017	2.97	1.62
2018	2.94	1.58
2019	2.91	1.5
2020	2.86	1.51
2021	2.83	1.51
2022	2.79	1.42
2023	2.73	1.41
2024	2.7	1.42
2025	2.66	1.43
2026	2.63	1.43
2027	2.59	1.43
2028	2.56	1.44
2029	2.52	1.44
2030	2.49	1.45
2031	2.46	1.45
2032	2.44	1.45
2033	2.41	1.46
2034	2.38	1.46
2035	2.35	1.46
2036	2.32	1.47
2037	2.3	1.47
2038	2.28	1.47
2039	2.26	1.47
2040	2.23	1.48
2041	2.21	1.48
2042	2.2	1.48
2043	2.18	1.48
2044	2.17	1.49
2045	2.15	1.49
2046	2.14	1.49
2047	2.12	1.49
2048	2.11	1.5
2049	2.09	1.5
2050	2.08	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Russia
1960	45.1%	30.5%
1961	45.6%	30.9%
1962	46.2%	30.8%
1963	46.8%	30.6%
1964	47.2%	30.2%
1965	47.5%	29.5%
1966	47.9%	28.9%
1967	48.2%	28.3%
1968	48.6%	27.6%
1969	48.9%	26.9%
1970	49.2%	26.1%
1971	49.3%	25.4%
1972	49.1%	24.8%
1973	48.6%	24.2%
1974	48.2%	23.6%
1975	47.7%	23%
1976	47.3%	22.5%
1977	47%	22.1%
1978	46.5%	21.8%
1979	46%	21.7%
1980	46.1%	21.7%
1981	46.2%	21.7%
1982	46.2%	21.9%
1983	46.2%	22.1%
1984	46.2%	22.4%
1985	46.2%	22.6%
1986	46.1%	22.8%
1987	46%	22.9%
1988	45.8%	23%
1989	45.5%	23%
1990	45.1%	22.9%
1991	44.7%	22.7%
1992	44.2%	22.4%
1993	43.7%	22%
1994	43%	21.6%
1995	42.2%	21.2%
1996	41.4%	20.7%
1997	40.6%	20.2%
1998	39.8%	19.5%
1999	39.1%	18.8%
2000	38.4%	18%
2001	37.7%	17.3%
2002	37.1%	16.6%
2003	36.5%	16%
2004	35.9%	15.6%
2005	35.5%	15.2%
2006	35.1%	14.9%
2007	34.8%	14.8%
2008	34.5%	14.9%
2009	34.2%	15%
2010	34.1%	15.2%
2011	34%	15.4%
2012	34.2%	15.7%
2013	34.4%	16.1%
2014	34.4%	16.5%
2015	34.4%	16.9%
2016	34.2%	17.2%
2017	33.9%	17.5%
2018	33.6%	17.6%
2019	33.3%	17.6%
2020	32.9%	17.7%
2021	32.6%	17.7%
2022	32.4%	17.7%
2023	32.3%	17.5%
2024	32.1%	17.3%
2025	32%	17%
2026	31.8%	16.7%
2027	31.6%	16.3%
2028	31.4%	15.9%
2029	31.2%	15.5%
2030	30.9%	15%
2031	30.6%	14.6%
2032	30.3%	14.2%
2033	30%	14%
2034	29.6%	13.8%
2035	29.2%	13.7%
2036	28.7%	13.6%
2037	28.1%	13.6%
2038	27.6%	13.6%
2039	27.2%	13.7%
2040	26.7%	13.9%
2041	26.3%	14%
2042	25.9%	14.2%
2043	25.5%	14.4%
2044	25.2%	14.6%
2045	24.8%	14.8%
2046	24.5%	15%
2047	24.2%	15.2%
2048	24%	15.4%
2049	23.7%	15.5%
2050	23.5%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	15,861	1,962,834
1961	16,185	1,810,538
1962	16,507	1,573,701
1963	17,084	1,436,077
1964	17,634	1,233,520
1965	18,045	1,059,335
1966	18,250	989,279
1967	18,463	854,554
1968	18,725	787,621
1969	19,024	753,088
1970	19,438	785,554
1971	19,926	854,999
1972	21,004	872,050
1973	22,449	846,561
1974	24,160	883,186
1975	25,762	843,850
1976	27,497	852,237
1977	29,009	832,932
1978	30,596	812,766
1979	32,486	690,135
1980	33,934	681,149
1981	34,327	713,700
1982	34,859	830,855
1983	35,142	906,676
1984	35,530	756,548
1985	35,966	762,447
1986	36,203	985,279
1987	35,647	977,583
1988	34,564	778,343
1989	33,756	576,112
1990	33,015	325,533
1991	32,219	103,876
1992	31,995	-222,808
1993	31,691	-757,140
1994	30,664	-920,129
1995	28,478	-845,742
1996	26,847	-785,248
1997	25,738	-769,159
1998	25,397	-694,053
1999	25,358	-927,453
2000	25,850	-967,540
2001	26,112	-963,445
2002	26,163	-944,492
2003	26,545	-896,822
2004	27,481	-792,370
2005	29,385	-846,761
2006	31,340	-686,638
2007	33,832	-471,257
2008	35,433	-356,856
2009	36,671	-257,014
2010	38,101	-242,844
2011	38,613	-128,716
2012	39,202	0
2013	39,404	28,761
2014	40,046	28,848
2015	40,897	43,392
2016	41,993	0
2017	43,154	-130,764
2018	44,171	-232,637
2019	45,110	-319,997
2020	45,610	-697,177
2021	40,894	-1,027,702
2022	47,400	-576,948
2023	47,098	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Russia
1985	313	81
1986	304	69
1987	302	65
1988	319	63
1989	300	61
1990	296	58
1991	283	57
1992	263	62
1993	230	76
1994	182	85
1995	148	82
1996	130	69
1997	123	59
1998	126	53
1999	131	53
2000	136	51
2001	138	48
2002	140	47
2003	142	45
2004	151	41
2005	166	38
2006	204	32
2007	201	29
2008	199	27
2009	213	24
2010	228	23
2011	269	19
2012	288	18
2013	221	16
2014	212	16
2015	141	15
2016	72	14
2017	46	12
2018	99	12
2019	100	12
2020	98	19
2021	165	21
2022	120	13
2023	155	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	16.8%	4.55%
1961	16.3%	4.26%
1962	15.8%	3.99%
1963	15.3%	3.76%
1964	14.9%	3.55%
1965	14.5%	3.38%
1966	14%	3.23%
1967	13.6%	3.11%
1968	13.2%	3.02%
1969	12.8%	2.94%
1970	12.4%	2.88%
1971	11.9%	2.84%
1972	11.4%	2.81%
1973	10.9%	2.78%
1974	10.4%	2.77%
1975	9.88%	2.76%
1976	9.32%	2.76%
1977	8.77%	2.76%
1978	8.23%	2.76%
1979	7.74%	2.75%
1980	7.29%	2.73%
1981	6.86%	2.7%
1982	6.47%	2.66%
1983	6.12%	2.62%
1984	5.8%	2.56%
1985	5.5%	2.5%
1986	5.22%	2.42%
1987	5%	2.34%
1988	4.88%	2.26%
1989	4.87%	2.2%
1990	5.01%	2.17%
1991	5.29%	2.16%
1992	5.7%	2.17%
1993	6.2%	2.19%
1994	6.72%	2.2%
1995	6.74%	2.2%
1996	7.1%	2.17%
1997	7.37%	2.13%
1998	7.57%	2.08%
1999	7.91%	2.02%
2000	8.11%	1.94%
2001	8.12%	1.84%
2002	8%	1.73%
2003	7.85%	1.61%
2004	7.63%	1.5%
2005	7.03%	1.39%
2006	6.43%	1.29%
2007	6.16%	1.2%
2008	6.03%	1.13%
2009	5.78%	1.07%
2010	5.58%	1.04%
2011	5.68%	1.02%
2012	5.34%	0.99%
2013	5.1%	0.95%
2014	5.11%	0.89%
2015	4.98%	0.82%
2016	4.9%	0.75%
2017	4.65%	0.69%
2018	4.59%	0.63%
2019	4.5%	0.58%
2020	4.39%	0.54%
2021	4.2%	0.51%
2022	4.07%	0.47%
2023	3.96%	0.45%