Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.6	5.35
1961	6.56	5.24
1962	6.54	5.18
1963	6.58	5.12
1964	6.61	5.06
1965	6.6	4.93
1966	6.61	4.83
1967	6.6	4.79
1968	6.58	4.66
1969	6.56	4.5
1970	6.55	4.39
1971	6.54	4.27
1972	6.56	4.16
1973	6.59	4
1974	6.61	3.86
1975	6.61	3.82
1976	6.6	3.78
1977	6.54	3.74
1978	6.48	3.81
1979	6.4	3.82
1980	6.29	3.73
1981	6.16	3.65
1982	5.97	3.32
1983	5.79	3.11
1984	5.63	3.01
1985	5.48	2.9
1986	5.33	2.74
1987	5.1	2.64
1988	4.88	2.57
1989	4.67	2.58
1990	4.51	2.54
1991	4.37	2.51
1992	4.26	2.49
1993	4.15	2.44
1994	4.02	2.4
1995	3.79	2.35
1996	3.57	2.29
1997	3.43	2.22
1998	3.36	2.14
1999	3.31	2.14
2000	3.29	2.21
2001	3.25	2.28
2002	3.18	2.31
2003	3.11	2.3
2004	3.06	2.27
2005	3.08	2.26
2006	3.11	2.29
2007	3.13	2.3
2008	3.13	2.23
2009	3.13	2.18
2010	3.14	2.13
2011	3.1	2.14
2012	3.07	2.17
2013	3.05	2.18
2014	3.03	2.13
2015	3.01	2.09
2016	2.99	2.06
2017	2.97	2.04
2018	2.94	2.03
2019	2.91	2.02
2020	2.86	2.01
2021	2.83	2
2022	2.79	1.98
2023	2.73	1.97
2024	2.7	1.95
2025	2.66	1.94
2026	2.63	1.93
2027	2.59	1.91
2028	2.56	1.9
2029	2.52	1.89
2030	2.49	1.88
2031	2.46	1.87
2032	2.44	1.86
2033	2.41	1.85
2034	2.38	1.85
2035	2.35	1.84
2036	2.32	1.83
2037	2.3	1.83
2038	2.28	1.82
2039	2.26	1.81
2040	2.23	1.81
2041	2.21	1.8
2042	2.2	1.8
2043	2.18	1.8
2044	2.17	1.79
2045	2.15	1.79
2046	2.14	1.79
2047	2.12	1.78
2048	2.11	1.78
2049	2.09	1.77
2050	2.08	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Sri Lanka
1960	45.1%	41%
1961	45.6%	40.9%
1962	46.2%	40.8%
1963	46.8%	40.7%
1964	47.2%	40.6%
1965	47.5%	40.5%
1966	47.9%	40.4%
1967	48.2%	40.3%
1968	48.6%	40.1%
1969	48.9%	39.9%
1970	49.2%	39.7%
1971	49.3%	39.5%
1972	49.1%	39.2%
1973	48.6%	38.8%
1974	48.2%	38.4%
1975	47.7%	38%
1976	47.3%	37.6%
1977	47%	37.2%
1978	46.5%	36.9%
1979	46%	36.7%
1980	46.1%	36.4%
1981	46.2%	36.2%
1982	46.2%	36%
1983	46.2%	35.8%
1984	46.2%	35.5%
1985	46.2%	35.2%
1986	46.1%	34.6%
1987	46%	34%
1988	45.8%	33.5%
1989	45.5%	33%
1990	45.1%	32.5%
1991	44.7%	32.1%
1992	44.2%	31.4%
1993	43.7%	30.6%
1994	43%	29.9%
1995	42.2%	29.2%
1996	41.4%	28.6%
1997	40.6%	28.2%
1998	39.8%	27.8%
1999	39.1%	27.4%
2000	38.4%	27%
2001	37.7%	26.6%
2002	37.1%	26.3%
2003	36.5%	26.1%
2004	35.9%	26%
2005	35.5%	25.8%
2006	35.1%	25.7%
2007	34.8%	25.7%
2008	34.5%	25.6%
2009	34.2%	25.5%
2010	34.1%	25.4%
2011	34%	25.3%
2012	34.2%	25.2%
2013	34.4%	25%
2014	34.4%	24.9%
2015	34.4%	24.7%
2016	34.2%	24.5%
2017	33.9%	24.2%
2018	33.6%	24%
2019	33.3%	23.7%
2020	32.9%	23.3%
2021	32.6%	23%
2022	32.4%	22.7%
2023	32.3%	22.4%
2024	32.1%	22%
2025	32%	21.7%
2026	31.8%	21.4%
2027	31.6%	21.1%
2028	31.4%	20.8%
2029	31.2%	20.5%
2030	30.9%	20.2%
2031	30.6%	20%
2032	30.3%	19.8%
2033	30%	19.6%
2034	29.6%	19.4%
2035	29.2%	19.2%
2036	28.7%	19.1%
2037	28.1%	18.9%
2038	27.6%	18.8%
2039	27.2%	18.7%
2040	26.7%	18.6%
2041	26.3%	18.4%
2042	25.9%	18.3%
2043	25.5%	18.2%
2044	25.2%	18.1%
2045	24.8%	18%
2046	24.5%	17.9%
2047	24.2%	17.7%
2048	24%	17.6%
2049	23.7%	17.5%
2050	23.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	15,861	247,631
1961	16,185	251,087
1962	16,507	256,719
1963	17,084	262,880
1964	17,634	269,584
1965	18,045	272,422
1966	18,250	275,549
1967	18,463	284,738
1968	18,725	286,642
1969	19,024	286,218
1970	19,438	286,719
1971	19,926	281,200
1972	21,004	282,494
1973	22,449	278,577
1974	24,160	275,521
1975	25,762	282,496
1976	27,497	291,816
1977	29,009	300,038
1978	30,596	317,055
1979	32,486	329,791
1980	33,934	328,155
1981	34,327	328,096
1982	34,859	300,030
1983	35,142	277,768
1984	35,530	263,175
1985	35,966	247,836
1986	36,203	233,782
1987	35,647	226,414
1988	34,564	219,184
1989	33,756	212,401
1990	33,015	224,454
1991	32,219	218,117
1992	31,995	222,230
1993	31,691	226,257
1994	30,664	228,904
1995	28,478	221,957
1996	26,847	215,290
1997	25,738	208,193
1998	25,397	201,059
1999	25,358	206,876
2000	25,850	227,060
2001	26,112	244,377
2002	26,163	252,840
2003	26,545	252,008
2004	27,481	212,527
2005	29,385	248,683
2006	31,340	248,706
2007	33,832	248,287
2008	35,433	232,225
2009	36,671	200,175
2010	38,101	224,325
2011	38,613	224,461
2012	39,202	229,138
2013	39,404	221,021
2014	40,046	211,541
2015	40,897	201,815
2016	41,993	194,232
2017	43,154	187,993
2018	44,171	183,610
2019	45,110	172,243
2020	45,610	170,968
2021	40,894	121,858
2022	47,400	95,378
2023	47,098	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Sri Lanka
1985	313	68
1986	304	66
1987	302	64
1988	319	62
1989	300	61
1990	296	59
1991	283	57
1992	263	54
1993	230	51
1994	182	49
1995	148	48
1996	130	47
1997	123	45
1998	126	43
1999	131	41
2000	136	39
2001	138	37
2002	140	36
2003	142	35
2004	151	37
2005	166	32
2006	204	32
2007	201	31
2008	199	30
2009	213	28
2010	228	26
2011	269	25
2012	288	24
2013	221	23
2014	212	23
2015	141	22
2016	72	22
2017	46	21
2018	99	21
2019	100	20
2020	98	23
2021	165	34
2022	120	22
2023	155	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	16.8%	9.41%
1961	16.3%	8.95%
1962	15.8%	8.66%
1963	15.3%	8.48%
1964	14.9%	8.3%
1965	14.5%	8.07%
1966	14%	7.81%
1967	13.6%	7.55%
1968	13.2%	7.32%
1969	12.8%	7.14%
1970	12.4%	7.02%
1971	11.9%	6.94%
1972	11.4%	6.86%
1973	10.9%	6.77%
1974	10.4%	6.62%
1975	9.88%	6.41%
1976	9.32%	6.12%
1977	8.77%	5.77%
1978	8.23%	5.38%
1979	7.74%	4.99%
1980	7.29%	4.63%
1981	6.86%	4.29%
1982	6.47%	3.98%
1983	6.12%	3.67%
1984	5.8%	3.35%
1985	5.5%	3.02%
1986	5.22%	2.74%
1987	5%	2.54%
1988	4.88%	2.41%
1989	4.87%	2.74%
1990	5.01%	2.33%
1991	5.29%	2.32%
1992	5.7%	2.29%
1993	6.2%	2.22%
1994	6.72%	2.14%
1995	6.74%	2.05%
1996	7.1%	1.95%
1997	7.37%	1.86%
1998	7.57%	1.76%
1999	7.91%	1.69%
2000	8.11%	1.63%
2001	8.12%	1.58%
2002	8%	1.55%
2003	7.85%	1.52%
2004	7.63%	2.88%
2005	7.03%	1.4%
2006	6.43%	1.33%
2007	6.16%	1.26%
2008	6.03%	1.2%
2009	5.78%	2.08%
2010	5.58%	1.12%
2011	5.68%	1.08%
2012	5.34%	1.03%
2013	5.1%	0.98%
2014	5.11%	0.92%
2015	4.98%	0.87%
2016	4.9%	0.83%
2017	4.65%	0.79%
2018	4.59%	0.76%
2019	4.5%	0.72%
2020	4.39%	0.69%
2021	4.2%	0.66%
2022	4.07%	0.64%
2023	3.96%	0.61%