Botswana vs Canada statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 41.3M in Canada (ranked 37/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 3,393,336 sq mi for Canada (ranked 47th vs. 4th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283).

Botswana and Canada: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Canada economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Canada

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Canada
1960	$30,411,414	$40,563,768,947
1961	$32,902,613	$41,038,192,838
1962	$35,644,957	$42,336,211,556
1963	$38,091,843	$45,140,337,827
1964	$41,616,348	$49,503,663,836
1965	$45,788,696	$54,649,410,479
1966	$51,465,655	$61,252,415,405
1967	$58,642,354	$65,856,924,424
1968	$66,248,441	$72,048,833,006
1969	$77,361,547	$79,405,011,125
1970	$96,243,234	$88,192,257,632
1971	$127,448,614	$99,606,454,744
1972	$164,460,915	$113,463,848,874
1973	$244,124,164	$131,764,343,566
1974	$306,044,208	$160,949,188,139
1975	$355,168,572	$174,419,757,177
1976	$372,025,093	$207,271,612,576
1977	$451,624,780	$212,325,176,305
1978	$590,407,374	$219,369,542,386
1979	$819,870,259	$243,891,124,296
1980	$1,060,889,704	$274,776,566,028
1981	$1,073,812,830	$307,246,642,756
1982	$1,014,945,696	$314,647,807,409
1983	$1,172,230,397	$341,866,277,183
1984	$1,240,822,167	$356,718,400,124
1985	$1,114,783,343	$366,186,012,450
1986	$1,392,602,164	$379,006,836,992
1987	$1,965,226,890	$433,134,238,311
1988	$2,644,554,159	$509,380,027,627
1989	$3,083,822,112	$567,211,993,243
1990	$3,790,636,324	$596,075,591,361
1991	$3,942,876,703	$612,527,712,316
1992	$4,146,464,587	$594,387,358,319
1993	$4,160,129,175	$579,053,561,739
1994	$4,259,259,604	$579,944,346,807
1995	$4,730,599,122	$605,961,090,061
1996	$4,847,757,218	$630,607,994,133
1997	$5,020,265,627	$654,986,999,856
1998	$4,790,481,509	$634,000,000,000
1999	$5,484,263,347	$678,412,196,271
2000	$5,788,329,609	$744,773,415,932
2001	$5,489,608,300	$738,981,792,355
2002	$5,438,863,983	$760,649,334,098
2003	$7,511,582,173	$895,540,646,635
2004	$8,957,467,707	$1,026,690,238,278
2005	$9,918,907,108	$1,173,108,598,779
2006	$9,919,158,482	$1,319,264,809,591
2007	$10,567,270,656	$1,468,820,407,783
2008	$10,730,829,116	$1,552,989,690,722
2009	$10,118,459,242	$1,374,625,142,157
2010	$12,637,273,429	$1,617,343,367,486
2011	$15,110,643,612	$1,793,326,630,175
2012	$13,907,464,500	$1,828,366,481,522
2013	$14,271,738,933	$1,846,597,421,835
2014	$15,470,088,501	$1,805,749,878,440
2015	$13,530,748,845	$1,556,508,816,217
2016	$15,082,637,184	$1,527,994,741,907
2017	$16,105,155,857	$1,649,265,644,244
2018	$17,031,943,186	$1,725,329,192,783
2019	$16,725,908,149	$1,743,725,183,673
2020	$14,960,251,611	$1,655,684,730,000
2021	$18,750,182,235	$2,022,378,748,423
2022	$20,321,150,598	$2,190,411,080,134
2023	$19,411,266,967	$2,173,339,670,064
2024	$19,400,774,882	$2,241,253,230,970

Botswana and Canada economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Canada

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Canada
1960	$58.9	$2,265
1961	$62.3	$2,246
1962	$66	$2,274
1963	$68.9	$2,380
1964	$73.5	$2,562
1965	$79.7	$2,777
1966	$89.1	$3,055
1967	$100.9	$3,226
1968	$113.4	$3,473
1969	$131.8	$3,776
1970	$163	$4,136
1971	$212.2	$4,535
1972	$264.2	$5,107
1973	$374	$5,858
1974	$446	$7,057
1975	$493	$7,537
1976	$490	$8,839
1977	$565	$8,949
1978	$695	$9,154
1979	$909	$10,078
1980	$1,132	$11,208
1981	$1,107	$12,379
1982	$1,006	$12,527
1983	$1,121	$13,477
1984	$1,145	$13,930
1985	$994	$14,170
1986	$1,200	$14,521
1987	$1,639	$16,378
1988	$2,141	$19,013
1989	$2,428	$20,795
1990	$2,903	$21,526
1991	$2,939	$21,847
1992	$3,005	$20,950
1993	$2,929	$20,187
1994	$2,917	$19,998
1995	$3,156	$20,680
1996	$3,156	$21,297
1997	$3,194	$21,902
1998	$2,981	$21,025
1999	$3,340	$22,315
2000	$3,451	$24,271
2001	$3,206	$23,822
2002	$3,117	$24,256
2003	$4,230	$28,302
2004	$4,957	$32,146
2005	$5,391	$36,384
2006	$5,292	$40,504
2007	$5,529	$44,660
2008	$5,503	$46,710
2009	$5,083	$40,875
2010	$6,216	$47,561
2011	$7,287	$52,224
2012	$6,596	$52,670
2013	$6,667	$52,638
2014	$7,122	$50,961
2015	$6,141	$43,594
2016	$6,749	$42,314
2017	$7,105	$45,130
2018	$7,408	$46,539
2019	$7,172	$46,353
2020	$6,323	$43,538
2021	$7,808	$52,887
2022	$8,329	$56,257
2023	$7,826	$54,220
2024	$7,695	$54,283

Botswana vs. Canada life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Canada

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Canada
1950	46.2	68.2
1951	46.6	68.5
1952	47	68.7
1953	47.5	69.1
1954	48	69.9
1955	48.5	70
1956	49	70
1957	49.5	69.9
1958	50.1	70.6
1959	50.7	70.6
1960	51.2	71
1961	51.8	71.2
1962	52.3	71.2
1963	52.8	71.3
1964	53.4	71.6
1965	53.9	71.7
1966	54.4	71.9
1967	54.9	72.1
1968	55.4	72.2
1969	55.9	72.4
1970	56.4	72.6
1971	57.1	72.9
1972	57.7	72.8
1973	58.3	73.1
1974	58.9	73.1
1975	59.5	73.4
1976	60.2	73.9
1977	60.9	74.2
1978	61.5	74.5
1979	62	74.8
1980	62.5	75.1
1981	63	75.5
1982	63.4	75.7
1983	63.6	76.1
1984	63.7	76.4
1985	63.6	76.3
1986	63.4	76.5
1987	62.8	76.8
1988	61.7	76.9
1989	61.2	77.1
1990	60.1	77.4
1991	58.9	77.6
1992	58.2	77.9
1993	57.3	77.7
1994	56	77.9
1995	54.7	78
1996	54.3	78.3
1997	53.6	78.5
1998	53	78.7
1999	52.5	78.9
2000	52.3	79.2
2001	52.2	79.4
2002	52.4	79.6
2003	52.9	79.7
2004	53.6	80
2005	54.4	80.1
2006	55.1	80.5
2007	56.7	80.5
2008	57.7	80.7
2009	58.3	81.1
2010	59.1	81.3
2011	59.7	81.5
2012	60.4	81.7
2013	61.2	81.8
2014	62.2	81.8
2015	63.2	81.9
2016	64.3	82
2017	65.4	81.9
2018	66.4	81.9
2019	67.2	82.3
2020	67.6	81.7
2021	63.3	82
2022	68.7	81.2
2023	69.2	82.6
2024	69.3	82.7
2025	69.4	82.9

Botswana and Canada population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Canada

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Canada
1960	516,165	17,909,356
1961	527,942	18,271,000
1962	540,186	18,614,000
1963	552,966	18,964,000
1964	566,266	19,325,000
1965	574,664	19,678,000
1966	577,866	20,048,000
1967	580,933	20,412,000
1968	583,966	20,744,000
1969	587,066	21,028,000
1970	590,334	21,324,000
1971	600,481	21,962,032
1972	622,407	22,218,463
1973	652,408	22,491,777
1974	685,448	22,807,969
1975	720,380	23,143,275
1976	758,508	23,449,808
1977	799,574	23,725,843
1978	849,239	23,963,203
1979	901,742	24,201,544
1980	937,485	24,515,667
1981	969,996	24,819,915
1982	1,009,269	25,116,942
1983	1,046,137	25,366,451
1984	1,083,660	25,607,053
1985	1,121,945	25,842,116
1986	1,160,650	26,100,278
1987	1,199,167	26,446,601
1988	1,235,476	26,791,747
1989	1,270,274	27,276,781
1990	1,305,696	27,691,138
1991	1,341,756	28,037,420
1992	1,380,033	28,371,264
1993	1,420,115	28,684,764
1994	1,460,023	29,000,663
1995	1,498,836	29,302,311
1996	1,535,914	29,610,218
1997	1,571,691	29,905,948
1998	1,606,899	30,155,173
1999	1,641,997	30,401,286
2000	1,677,382	30,685,730
2001	1,712,254	31,020,855
2002	1,744,763	31,359,199
2003	1,775,736	31,642,461
2004	1,807,146	31,938,807
2005	1,839,877	32,242,732
2006	1,874,516	32,571,193
2007	1,911,201	32,888,886
2008	1,949,970	33,247,298
2009	1,990,673	33,630,069
2010	2,033,111	34,005,902
2011	2,073,535	34,339,221
2012	2,108,617	34,713,395
2013	2,140,682	35,080,992
2014	2,172,044	35,434,066
2015	2,203,273	35,704,498
2016	2,234,776	36,110,803
2017	2,266,747	36,545,075
2018	2,299,141	37,072,620
2019	2,332,083	37,618,495
2020	2,365,894	38,028,638
2021	2,401,441	38,239,864
2022	2,439,892	38,935,934
2023	2,480,244	40,083,484
2024	2,521,139	41,288,599

Fertility rates in Botswana and Canada

Fertility rate

Botswana

Canada

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Canada
1960	6.6	3.81
1961	6.56	3.75
1962	6.54	3.68
1963	6.58	3.61
1964	6.61	3.46
1965	6.6	3.12
1966	6.61	2.75
1967	6.6	2.53
1968	6.58	2.39
1969	6.56	2.33
1970	6.55	2.26
1971	6.54	2.14
1972	6.56	1.98
1973	6.59	1.89
1974	6.61	1.84
1975	6.61	1.82
1976	6.6	1.8
1977	6.54	1.78
1978	6.48	1.77
1979	6.4	1.75
1980	6.29	1.74
1981	6.16	1.7
1982	5.97	1.69
1983	5.79	1.68
1984	5.63	1.65
1985	5.48	1.67
1986	5.33	1.68
1987	5.1	1.68
1988	4.88	1.68
1989	4.67	1.77
1990	4.51	1.83
1991	4.37	1.72
1992	4.26	1.71
1993	4.15	1.69
1994	4.02	1.69
1995	3.79	1.67
1996	3.57	1.63
1997	3.43	1.57
1998	3.36	1.56
1999	3.31	1.55
2000	3.29	1.51
2001	3.25	1.54
2002	3.18	1.52
2003	3.11	1.55
2004	3.06	1.56
2005	3.08	1.58
2006	3.11	1.63
2007	3.13	1.67
2008	3.13	1.7
2009	3.13	1.69
2010	3.14	1.65
2011	3.1	1.63
2012	3.07	1.63
2013	3.05	1.61
2014	3.03	1.61
2015	3.01	1.6
2016	2.99	1.59
2017	2.97	1.55
2018	2.94	1.51
2019	2.91	1.47
2020	2.86	1.41
2021	2.83	1.44
2022	2.79	1.33
2023	2.73	1.26

Botswana and Canada demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Canada

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Canada
1960	17.7	26.4
1961	17.4	26.3
1962	17.1	26
1963	16.8	25.8
1964	16.6	25.6
1965	16.4	25.5
1966	16.2	25.5
1967	15.9	25.5
1968	15.7	25.7
1969	15.6	25.8
1970	15.4	26
1971	15.3	26.3
1972	15.4	26.6
1973	15.6	26.9
1974	15.8	27.2
1975	16	27.4
1976	16.2	27.7
1977	16.4	28.1
1978	16.6	28.5
1979	16.9	28.8
1980	16.8	29.2
1981	16.8	29.5
1982	16.8	29.8
1983	16.8	30.2
1984	16.8	30.6
1985	16.8	31
1986	16.9	31.4
1987	16.9	31.8
1988	17	32.2
1989	17.1	32.5
1990	17.3	32.9
1991	17.4	33.2
1992	17.6	33.6
1993	17.8	33.9
1994	18	34.3
1995	18.3	34.7
1996	18.6	35.1
1997	18.8	35.5
1998	19.1	36
1999	19.4	36.4
2000	19.7	36.7
2001	20	37.1
2002	20.3	37.4
2003	20.6	37.8
2004	20.9	38.1
2005	21.2	38.5
2006	21.5	38.8
2007	21.7	39.1
2008	22	39.3
2009	22.2	39.5
2010	22.5	39.7
2011	22.7	39.9
2012	22.8	40.1
2013	22.7	40.3
2014	22.7	40.5
2015	22.7	40.6
2016	22.7	40.7
2017	22.8	40.8
2018	22.9	40.8
2019	23.1	40.8
2020	23.3	40.9
2021	23.4	41.1
2022	23.6	41.3
2023	23.9	41.4
2024	24.2	41.5

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