Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.6	6.78
1961	6.56	6.73
1962	6.54	6.67
1963	6.58	6.62
1964	6.61	6.57
1965	6.6	6.52
1966	6.61	6.51
1967	6.6	6.51
1968	6.58	6.46
1969	6.56	6.41
1970	6.55	6.35
1971	6.54	6.29
1972	6.56	6.23
1973	6.59	6.15
1974	6.61	6.06
1975	6.61	5.98
1976	6.6	5.89
1977	6.54	5.81
1978	6.48	5.77
1979	6.4	5.73
1980	6.29	5.69
1981	6.16	5.65
1982	5.97	5.6
1983	5.79	5.55
1984	5.63	5.49
1985	5.48	5.43
1986	5.33	5.38
1987	5.1	5.33
1988	4.88	5.27
1989	4.67	5.21
1990	4.51	5.17
1991	4.37	5.13
1992	4.26	5.09
1993	4.15	5.02
1994	4.02	4.94
1995	3.79	4.85
1996	3.57	4.75
1997	3.43	4.66
1998	3.36	4.6
1999	3.31	4.56
2000	3.29	4.54
2001	3.25	4.5
2002	3.18	4.38
2003	3.11	4.29
2004	3.06	4.21
2005	3.08	4.13
2006	3.11	4.1
2007	3.13	4.12
2008	3.13	4.16
2009	3.13	4.16
2010	3.14	4.13
2011	3.1	4.09
2012	3.07	4.06
2013	3.05	4.04
2014	3.03	4
2015	3.01	3.95
2016	2.99	3.92
2017	2.97	3.88
2018	2.94	3.83
2019	2.91	3.79
2020	2.86	3.74
2021	2.83	3.7
2022	2.79	3.65
2023	2.73	3.6
2024	2.7	3.57
2025	2.66	3.53
2026	2.63	3.5
2027	2.59	3.46
2028	2.56	3.42
2029	2.52	3.39
2030	2.49	3.35
2031	2.46	3.32
2032	2.44	3.28
2033	2.41	3.25
2034	2.38	3.21
2035	2.35	3.18
2036	2.32	3.15
2037	2.3	3.13
2038	2.28	3.1
2039	2.26	3.08
2040	2.23	3.05
2041	2.21	3.03
2042	2.2	3
2043	2.18	2.97
2044	2.17	2.94
2045	2.15	2.92
2046	2.14	2.9
2047	2.12	2.88
2048	2.11	2.85
2049	2.09	2.83
2050	2.08	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Vanuatu
1960	45.1%	44.6%
1961	45.6%	44.8%
1962	46.2%	45.1%
1963	46.8%	45.2%
1964	47.2%	45.4%
1965	47.5%	45.5%
1966	47.9%	45.7%
1967	48.2%	45.8%
1968	48.6%	45.8%
1969	48.9%	45.8%
1970	49.2%	45.7%
1971	49.3%	45.7%
1972	49.1%	45.6%
1973	48.6%	45.5%
1974	48.2%	45.5%
1975	47.7%	45.4%
1976	47.3%	45.2%
1977	47%	45.1%
1978	46.5%	45%
1979	46%	44.5%
1980	46.1%	44%
1981	46.2%	43.9%
1982	46.2%	44%
1983	46.2%	44%
1984	46.2%	44.1%
1985	46.2%	44.2%
1986	46.1%	44.2%
1987	46%	44.1%
1988	45.8%	44.1%
1989	45.5%	44%
1990	45.1%	43.9%
1991	44.7%	43.9%
1992	44.2%	44.1%
1993	43.7%	44.8%
1994	43%	45.2%
1995	42.2%	45%
1996	41.4%	44.8%
1997	40.6%	44.4%
1998	39.8%	44%
1999	39.1%	43.5%
2000	38.4%	42.9%
2001	37.7%	42.4%
2002	37.1%	41.8%
2003	36.5%	41.3%
2004	35.9%	40.7%
2005	35.5%	40.2%
2006	35.1%	39.6%
2007	34.8%	39.2%
2008	34.5%	38.8%
2009	34.2%	38.5%
2010	34.1%	38.2%
2011	34%	38.1%
2012	34.2%	38.2%
2013	34.4%	38.2%
2014	34.4%	38.4%
2015	34.4%	38.5%
2016	34.2%	38.7%
2017	33.9%	38.8%
2018	33.6%	38.9%
2019	33.3%	39%
2020	32.9%	39%
2021	32.6%	39%
2022	32.4%	38.8%
2023	32.3%	38.6%
2024	32.1%	38.3%
2025	32%	38%
2026	31.8%	37.6%
2027	31.6%	37.1%
2028	31.4%	36.7%
2029	31.2%	36.2%
2030	30.9%	35.8%
2031	30.6%	35.3%
2032	30.3%	34.9%
2033	30%	34.5%
2034	29.6%	34.1%
2035	29.2%	33.7%
2036	28.7%	33.4%
2037	28.1%	33.2%
2038	27.6%	32.9%
2039	27.2%	32.7%
2040	26.7%	32.5%
2041	26.3%	32.3%
2042	25.9%	32.2%
2043	25.5%	32%
2044	25.2%	31.8%
2045	24.8%	31.6%
2046	24.5%	31.5%
2047	24.2%	31.3%
2048	24%	31.1%
2049	23.7%	30.9%
2050	23.5%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	15,861	1,796
1961	16,185	1,872
1962	16,507	1,947
1963	17,084	2,025
1964	17,634	2,098
1965	18,045	2,180
1966	18,250	2,278
1967	18,463	2,384
1968	18,725	2,470
1969	19,024	2,529
1970	19,438	2,597
1971	19,926	2,685
1972	21,004	2,775
1973	22,449	2,876
1974	24,160	2,968
1975	25,762	3,074
1976	27,497	3,174
1977	29,009	3,285
1978	30,596	3,428
1979	32,486	3,590
1980	33,934	3,383
1981	34,327	3,592
1982	34,859	3,778
1983	35,142	3,944
1984	35,530	4,088
1985	35,966	4,219
1986	36,203	4,360
1987	35,647	4,427
1988	34,564	4,577
1989	33,756	4,656
1990	33,015	4,762
1991	32,219	4,859
1992	31,995	4,941
1993	31,691	4,973
1994	30,664	4,973
1995	28,478	4,945
1996	26,847	4,897
1997	25,738	4,854
1998	25,397	4,866
1999	25,358	4,871
2000	25,850	5,026
2001	26,112	5,144
2002	26,163	5,181
2003	26,545	5,258
2004	27,481	5,353
2005	29,385	5,454
2006	31,340	5,606
2007	33,832	5,842
2008	35,433	6,138
2009	36,671	6,362
2010	38,101	6,548
2011	38,613	6,715
2012	39,202	6,877
2013	39,404	7,036
2014	40,046	7,143
2015	40,897	7,220
2016	41,993	7,315
2017	43,154	7,371
2018	44,171	7,379
2019	45,110	7,364
2020	45,610	7,233
2021	40,894	7,199
2022	47,400	7,358
2023	47,098	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Vanuatu
1985	313	211
1986	304	194
1987	302	200
1988	319	172
1989	300	162
1990	296	151
1991	283	140
1992	263	140
1993	230	133
1994	182	131
1995	148	131
1996	130	129
1997	123	131
1998	126	134
1999	131	146
2000	136	133
2001	138	132
2002	140	128
2003	142	131
2004	151	131
2005	166	127
2006	204	123
2007	201	120
2008	199	117
2009	213	114
2010	228	114
2011	269	112
2012	288	109
2013	221	110
2014	212	110
2015	141	109
2016	72	107
2017	46	107
2018	99	108
2019	100	105
2020	98	107
2021	165	124
2022	120	105
2023	155	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	16.8%	15.2%
1961	16.3%	14.7%
1962	15.8%	14.3%
1963	15.3%	13.8%
1964	14.9%	13.4%
1965	14.5%	12.9%
1966	14%	12.4%
1967	13.6%	12%
1968	13.2%	11.5%
1969	12.8%	11%
1970	12.4%	10.6%
1971	11.9%	10.2%
1972	11.4%	9.73%
1973	10.9%	9.34%
1974	10.4%	8.95%
1975	9.88%	8.58%
1976	9.32%	8.21%
1977	8.77%	7.84%
1978	8.23%	7.45%
1979	7.74%	7.07%
1980	7.29%	6.67%
1981	6.86%	6.27%
1982	6.47%	5.87%
1983	6.12%	5.48%
1984	5.8%	5.12%
1985	5.5%	4.78%
1986	5.22%	4.47%
1987	5%	4.2%
1988	4.88%	3.96%
1989	4.87%	3.76%
1990	5.01%	3.58%
1991	5.29%	3.43%
1992	5.7%	3.29%
1993	6.2%	3.18%
1994	6.72%	3.08%
1995	6.74%	3%
1996	7.1%	2.92%
1997	7.37%	2.86%
1998	7.57%	2.79%
1999	7.91%	2.74%
2000	8.11%	2.68%
2001	8.12%	2.63%
2002	8%	2.58%
2003	7.85%	2.54%
2004	7.63%	2.5%
2005	7.03%	2.45%
2006	6.43%	2.4%
2007	6.16%	2.34%
2008	6.03%	2.27%
2009	5.78%	2.2%
2010	5.58%	2.12%
2011	5.68%	2.05%
2012	5.34%	1.99%
2013	5.1%	1.94%
2014	5.11%	1.9%
2015	4.98%	1.87%
2016	4.9%	1.84%
2017	4.65%	1.82%
2018	4.59%	1.8%
2019	4.5%	1.78%
2020	4.39%	1.77%
2021	4.2%	1.74%
2022	4.07%	1.71%
2023	3.96%	1.68%