Botswana vs Eswatini statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 1.24M in Eswatini (ranked 157/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 6,641 sq mi for Eswatini (ranked 47th vs. 154th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936).

Botswana and Eswatini: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Eswatini economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Eswatini

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Eswatini
1960	$30,411,414	$35,076,846
1961	$32,902,613	$43,026,043
1962	$35,644,957	$45,927,962
1963	$38,091,843	$54,129,438
1964	$41,616,348	$64,980,554
1965	$45,788,696	$70,279,972
1966	$51,465,655	$76,859,969
1967	$58,642,354	$74,759,970
1968	$66,248,441	$79,799,968
1969	$77,361,547	$105,419,958
1970	$96,243,234	$112,139,955
1971	$127,448,614	$136,462,081
1972	$164,460,915	$146,736,479
1973	$244,124,164	$221,915,128
1974	$306,044,208	$264,320,941
1975	$355,168,572	$288,299,789
1976	$372,025,093	$272,550,068
1977	$451,624,780	$304,060,076
1978	$590,407,374	$340,630,085
1979	$819,870,259	$412,093,134
1980	$1,060,889,704	$541,976,853
1981	$1,073,812,830	$570,774,825
1982	$1,014,945,696	$537,568,059
1983	$1,172,230,397	$555,336,146
1984	$1,240,822,167	$494,483,409
1985	$1,114,783,343	$360,079,419
1986	$1,392,602,164	$449,140,318
1987	$1,965,226,890	$584,126,092
1988	$2,644,554,159	$692,026,455
1989	$3,083,822,112	$696,921,542
1990	$3,790,636,324	$1,114,694,041
1991	$3,942,876,703	$1,156,135,718
1992	$4,146,464,587	$1,284,759,928
1993	$4,160,129,175	$1,357,189,552
1994	$4,259,259,604	$1,419,294,254
1995	$4,730,599,122	$1,698,989,464
1996	$4,847,757,218	$1,602,741,834
1997	$5,020,265,627	$1,716,714,070
1998	$4,790,481,509	$1,576,908,856
1999	$5,484,263,347	$1,547,888,496
2000	$5,788,329,609	$1,738,093,840
2001	$5,489,608,300	$1,542,477,309
2002	$5,438,863,983	$1,432,221,739
2003	$7,511,582,173	$2,197,598,466
2004	$8,957,467,707	$2,770,082,792
2005	$9,918,907,108	$3,178,112,499
2006	$9,919,158,482	$3,291,330,019
2007	$10,567,270,656	$3,469,381,231
2008	$10,730,829,116	$3,294,084,314
2009	$10,118,459,242	$3,580,428,053
2010	$12,637,273,429	$4,438,765,086
2011	$15,110,643,612	$4,820,478,680
2012	$13,907,464,500	$4,886,551,484
2013	$14,271,738,933	$4,464,726,181
2014	$15,470,088,501	$4,286,015,248
2015	$13,530,748,845	$3,909,281,650
2016	$15,082,637,184	$3,724,180,911
2017	$16,105,155,857	$4,463,673,661
2018	$17,031,943,186	$4,644,696,656
2019	$16,725,908,149	$4,616,996,145
2020	$14,960,251,611	$4,120,621,325
2021	$18,750,182,235	$4,785,708,166
2022	$20,321,150,598	$4,741,163,885
2023	$19,411,266,967	$4,604,172,127
2024	$19,400,774,882	$4,891,883,720

Botswana and Eswatini economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Eswatini

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Eswatini
1960	$58.9	$101.6
1961	$62.3	$121.8
1962	$66	$127.1
1963	$68.9	$146.4
1964	$73.5	$171.6
1965	$79.7	$181
1966	$89.1	$192.7
1967	$100.9	$182.8
1968	$113.4	$190.4
1969	$131.8	$245.2
1970	$163	$254.2
1971	$212.2	$301
1972	$264.2	$315
1973	$374	$463
1974	$446	$536
1975	$493	$568
1976	$490	$521
1977	$565	$563
1978	$695	$610
1979	$909	$714
1980	$1,132	$908
1981	$1,107	$925
1982	$1,006	$843
1983	$1,121	$843
1984	$1,145	$726
1985	$994	$510
1986	$1,200	$611
1987	$1,639	$765
1988	$2,141	$865
1989	$2,428	$832
1990	$2,903	$1,278
1991	$2,939	$1,273
1992	$3,005	$1,362
1993	$2,929	$1,397
1994	$2,917	$1,461
1995	$3,156	$1,751
1996	$3,156	$1,619
1997	$3,194	$1,705
1998	$2,981	$1,547
1999	$3,340	$1,502
2000	$3,451	$1,669
2001	$3,206	$1,468
2002	$3,117	$1,352
2003	$4,230	$2,060
2004	$4,957	$2,581
2005	$5,391	$2,945
2006	$5,292	$3,035
2007	$5,529	$3,181
2008	$5,503	$3,000
2009	$5,083	$3,240
2010	$6,216	$3,993
2011	$7,287	$4,312
2012	$6,596	$4,348
2013	$6,667	$3,951
2014	$7,122	$3,772
2015	$6,141	$3,421
2016	$6,749	$3,240
2017	$7,105	$3,854
2018	$7,408	$3,973
2019	$7,172	$3,913
2020	$6,323	$3,455
2021	$7,808	$3,966
2022	$8,329	$3,890
2023	$7,826	$3,742
2024	$7,695	$3,936

Botswana vs. Eswatini life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Eswatini

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Eswatini
1950	46.2	43.4
1951	46.6	43.7
1952	47	44
1953	47.5	44.3
1954	48	44.6
1955	48.5	44.8
1956	49	45.1
1957	49.5	45.4
1958	50.1	45.8
1959	50.7	46.1
1960	51.2	46.4
1961	51.8	46.7
1962	52.3	47.1
1963	52.8	47.5
1964	53.4	47.9
1965	53.9	48.4
1966	54.4	49
1967	54.9	49.5
1968	55.4	50.1
1969	55.9	50.6
1970	56.4	51.2
1971	57.1	51.8
1972	57.7	52.4
1973	58.3	53
1974	58.9	53.7
1975	59.5	54.4
1976	60.2	55.2
1977	60.9	56
1978	61.5	56.8
1979	62	57.5
1980	62.5	58.2
1981	63	58.8
1982	63.4	59.5
1983	63.6	58.4
1984	63.7	60.4
1985	63.6	61.2
1986	63.4	61.6
1987	62.8	61.9
1988	61.7	61.9
1989	61.2	61.7
1990	60.1	61.2
1991	58.9	60.4
1992	58.2	59.3
1993	57.3	58.1
1994	56	56.6
1995	54.7	55.1
1996	54.3	53.3
1997	53.6	51.7
1998	53	50.1
1999	52.5	48.8
2000	52.3	47.6
2001	52.2	46.3
2002	52.4	45.4
2003	52.9	44.6
2004	53.6	43.9
2005	54.4	44
2006	55.1	44.6
2007	56.7	45.2
2008	57.7	45.9
2009	58.3	46.9
2010	59.1	48.3
2011	59.7	49.1
2012	60.4	50.7
2013	61.2	52.1
2014	62.2	53.5
2015	63.2	54.9
2016	64.3	56.2
2017	65.4	57.6
2018	66.4	58.7
2019	67.2	59.8
2020	67.6	59.9
2021	63.3	58.2
2022	68.7	63
2023	69.2	64.1
2024	69.3	64.3
2025	69.4	64.4

Botswana and Eswatini population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Eswatini

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Eswatini
1960	516,165	345,337
1961	527,942	353,264
1962	540,186	361,365
1963	552,966	369,759
1964	566,266	378,656
1965	574,664	388,336
1966	577,866	398,766
1967	580,933	409,031
1968	583,966	419,147
1969	587,066	429,875
1970	590,334	441,216
1971	600,481	453,183
1972	622,407	465,788
1973	652,408	479,038
1974	685,448	492,988
1975	720,380	507,673
1976	758,508	523,330
1977	799,574	540,348
1978	849,239	558,446
1979	901,742	577,199
1980	937,485	596,644
1981	969,996	616,808
1982	1,009,269	637,652
1983	1,046,137	658,957
1984	1,083,660	680,783
1985	1,121,945	706,196
1986	1,160,650	734,732
1987	1,199,167	763,811
1988	1,235,476	799,798
1989	1,270,274	837,800
1990	1,305,696	872,428
1991	1,341,756	908,189
1992	1,380,033	943,416
1993	1,420,115	971,318
1994	1,460,023	971,212
1995	1,498,836	970,433
1996	1,535,914	989,841
1997	1,571,691	1,006,635
1998	1,606,899	1,019,653
1999	1,641,997	1,030,782
2000	1,677,382	1,041,414
2001	1,712,254	1,051,064
2002	1,744,763	1,059,441
2003	1,775,736	1,066,700
2004	1,807,146	1,073,159
2005	1,839,877	1,079,022
2006	1,874,516	1,084,436
2007	1,911,201	1,090,705
2008	1,949,970	1,098,091
2009	1,990,673	1,105,153
2010	2,033,111	1,111,650
2011	2,073,535	1,117,833
2012	2,108,617	1,123,863
2013	2,140,682	1,129,990
2014	2,172,044	1,136,299
2015	2,203,273	1,142,813
2016	2,234,776	1,149,507
2017	2,266,747	1,158,195
2018	2,299,141	1,168,929
2019	2,332,083	1,179,874
2020	2,365,894	1,192,729
2021	2,401,441	1,206,593
2022	2,439,892	1,218,917
2023	2,480,244	1,230,506
2024	2,521,139	1,242,822

Fertility rates in Botswana and Eswatini

Fertility rate

Botswana

Eswatini

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Eswatini
1960	6.6	6.75
1961	6.56	6.77
1962	6.54	6.79
1963	6.58	6.8
1964	6.61	6.79
1965	6.6	6.79
1966	6.61	6.8
1967	6.6	6.77
1968	6.58	6.76
1969	6.56	6.76
1970	6.55	6.75
1971	6.54	6.74
1972	6.56	6.72
1973	6.59	6.72
1974	6.61	6.71
1975	6.61	6.71
1976	6.6	6.7
1977	6.54	6.68
1978	6.48	6.65
1979	6.4	6.61
1980	6.29	6.57
1981	6.16	6.54
1982	5.97	6.49
1983	5.79	6.43
1984	5.63	6.36
1985	5.48	6.28
1986	5.33	6.11
1987	5.1	5.9
1988	4.88	5.69
1989	4.67	5.48
1990	4.51	5.3
1991	4.37	5.13
1992	4.26	4.98
1993	4.15	4.82
1994	4.02	4.66
1995	3.79	4.52
1996	3.57	4.38
1997	3.43	4.24
1998	3.36	4.13
1999	3.31	4.09
2000	3.29	4.03
2001	3.25	3.94
2002	3.18	3.85
2003	3.11	3.8
2004	3.06	3.76
2005	3.08	3.7
2006	3.11	3.63
2007	3.13	3.58
2008	3.13	3.57
2009	3.13	3.5
2010	3.14	3.38
2011	3.1	3.32
2012	3.07	3.27
2013	3.05	3.24
2014	3.03	3.18
2015	3.01	3.12
2016	2.99	3.07
2017	2.97	3.02
2018	2.94	2.97
2019	2.91	2.93
2020	2.86	2.89
2021	2.83	2.84
2022	2.79	2.8
2023	2.73	2.75

Botswana and Eswatini demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Eswatini

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Eswatini
1960	17.7	16.6
1961	17.4	16.4
1962	17.1	16.3
1963	16.8	16.1
1964	16.6	16.1
1965	16.4	16.1
1966	16.2	16.1
1967	15.9	16.1
1968	15.7	16.2
1969	15.6	16.2
1970	15.4	16.3
1971	15.3	16.3
1972	15.4	16.3
1973	15.6	16.2
1974	15.8	16.2
1975	16	16.1
1976	16.2	16
1977	16.4	15.9
1978	16.6	15.8
1979	16.9	15.7
1980	16.8	15.6
1981	16.8	15.5
1982	16.8	15.4
1983	16.8	15.3
1984	16.8	15.3
1985	16.8	15.2
1986	16.9	15.3
1987	16.9	15.3
1988	17	15.6
1989	17.1	15.9
1990	17.3	16.1
1991	17.4	16.3
1992	17.6	16.5
1993	17.8	16.7
1994	18	16.3
1995	18.3	16.1
1996	18.6	16.3
1997	18.8	16.6
1998	19.1	16.9
1999	19.4	17.3
2000	19.7	17.6
2001	20	17.8
2002	20.3	18.1
2003	20.6	18.3
2004	20.9	18.5
2005	21.2	18.6
2006	21.5	18.7
2007	21.7	18.9
2008	22	19.1
2009	22.2	19.4
2010	22.5	19.6
2011	22.7	19.9
2012	22.8	20.2
2013	22.7	20.5
2014	22.7	20.7
2015	22.7	21
2016	22.7	21.2
2017	22.8	21.5
2018	22.9	21.8
2019	23.1	22.1
2020	23.3	22.4
2021	23.4	22.6
2022	23.6	22.8
2023	23.9	23
2024	24.2	23.2

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