Botswana vs Gabon statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 2.54M in Gabon (ranked 142/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 99,487 sq mi for Gabon (ranked 47th vs. 75th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219).

Botswana and Gabon: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Gabon economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Gabon
1960	$30,411,414	$141,468,978
1961	$32,902,613	$167,637,907
1962	$35,644,957	$182,796,536
1963	$38,091,843	$154,480,244
1964	$41,616,348	$215,679,855
1965	$45,788,696	$226,474,286
1966	$51,465,655	$245,849,781
1967	$58,642,354	$271,543,680
1968	$66,248,441	$294,468,564
1969	$77,361,547	$318,124,701
1970	$96,243,234	$323,802,476
1971	$127,448,614	$381,687,073
1972	$164,460,915	$430,508,359
1973	$244,124,164	$722,780,701
1974	$306,044,208	$1,544,216,002
1975	$355,168,572	$2,157,592,940
1976	$372,025,093	$3,009,409,974
1977	$451,624,780	$2,809,349,069
1978	$590,407,374	$2,389,479,272
1979	$819,870,259	$3,030,251,120
1980	$1,060,889,704	$4,279,637,942
1981	$1,073,812,830	$3,862,269,121
1982	$1,014,945,696	$3,618,007,841
1983	$1,172,230,397	$3,391,275,732
1984	$1,240,822,167	$3,561,451,561
1985	$1,114,783,343	$3,339,914,757
1986	$1,392,602,164	$3,403,638,189
1987	$1,965,226,890	$3,281,797,043
1988	$2,644,554,159	$3,834,503,376
1989	$3,083,822,112	$4,186,411,464
1990	$3,790,636,324	$5,952,293,765
1991	$3,942,876,703	$5,402,919,785
1992	$4,146,464,587	$5,592,390,827
1993	$4,160,129,175	$4,378,645,081
1994	$4,259,259,604	$4,190,819,344
1995	$4,730,599,122	$4,958,845,648
1996	$4,847,757,218	$5,694,040,003
1997	$5,020,265,627	$5,326,817,115
1998	$4,790,481,509	$4,483,417,310
1999	$5,484,263,347	$4,662,992,036
2000	$5,788,329,609	$5,080,483,629
2001	$5,489,608,300	$5,023,265,413
2002	$5,438,863,983	$5,335,451,100
2003	$7,511,582,173	$6,511,903,365
2004	$8,957,467,707	$7,770,219,008
2005	$9,918,907,108	$9,582,783,991
2006	$9,919,158,482	$10,327,598,306
2007	$10,567,270,656	$12,455,409,587
2008	$10,730,829,116	$15,571,348,344
2009	$10,118,459,242	$12,113,699,068
2010	$12,637,273,429	$14,372,593,020
2011	$15,110,643,612	$18,210,307,744
2012	$13,907,464,500	$17,170,464,016
2013	$14,271,738,933	$17,595,744,798
2014	$15,470,088,501	$18,203,966,896
2015	$13,530,748,845	$14,383,107,763
2016	$15,082,637,184	$14,023,890,265
2017	$16,105,155,857	$14,929,487,485
2018	$17,031,943,186	$16,867,326,402
2019	$16,725,908,149	$16,874,405,465
2020	$14,960,251,611	$15,342,236,164
2021	$18,750,182,235	$19,444,935,097
2022	$20,321,150,598	$20,440,655,695
2023	$19,411,266,967	$20,055,720,403
2024	$19,400,774,882	$20,867,044,936

Botswana and Gabon economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Gabon
1960	$58.9	$276.1
1961	$62.3	$323
1962	$66	$348
1963	$68.9	$290.7
1964	$73.5	$400
1965	$79.7	$415
1966	$89.1	$443
1967	$100.9	$482
1968	$113.4	$515
1969	$131.8	$545
1970	$163	$543
1971	$212.2	$627
1972	$264.2	$693
1973	$374	$1,140
1974	$446	$2,384
1975	$493	$3,258
1976	$490	$4,441
1977	$565	$4,048
1978	$695	$3,360
1979	$909	$4,155
1980	$1,132	$5,718
1981	$1,107	$5,026
1982	$1,006	$4,584
1983	$1,121	$4,182
1984	$1,145	$4,273
1985	$994	$3,898
1986	$1,200	$3,865
1987	$1,639	$3,624
1988	$2,141	$4,119
1989	$2,428	$4,374
1990	$2,903	$6,051
1991	$2,939	$5,345
1992	$3,005	$5,386
1993	$2,929	$4,106
1994	$2,917	$3,828
1995	$3,156	$4,415
1996	$3,156	$4,943
1997	$3,194	$4,509
1998	$2,981	$3,700
1999	$3,340	$3,751
2000	$3,451	$3,983
2001	$3,206	$3,836
2002	$3,117	$3,966
2003	$4,230	$4,711
2004	$4,957	$5,466
2005	$5,391	$6,548
2006	$5,292	$6,847
2007	$5,529	$8,004
2008	$5,503	$9,689
2009	$5,083	$7,291
2010	$6,216	$8,357
2011	$7,287	$10,219
2012	$6,596	$9,297
2013	$6,667	$9,198
2014	$7,122	$9,201
2015	$6,141	$7,047
2016	$6,749	$6,677
2017	$7,105	$6,922
2018	$7,408	$7,624
2019	$7,172	$7,441
2020	$6,323	$6,606
2021	$7,808	$8,181
2022	$8,329	$8,409
2023	$7,826	$8,071
2024	$7,695	$8,219

Botswana vs. Gabon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Gabon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Gabon
1950	46.2	39.3
1951	46.6	40
1952	47	40.7
1953	47.5	41.5
1954	48	42.2
1955	48.5	42.9
1956	49	43.7
1957	49.5	44.4
1958	50.1	45.1
1959	50.7	45.8
1960	51.2	46.4
1961	51.8	47.1
1962	52.3	47.8
1963	52.8	48.4
1964	53.4	49
1965	53.9	49.7
1966	54.4	50.3
1967	54.9	50.9
1968	55.4	51.5
1969	55.9	52.1
1970	56.4	52.7
1971	57.1	53.3
1972	57.7	53.8
1973	58.3	54.4
1974	58.9	54.9
1975	59.5	55.5
1976	60.2	56
1977	60.9	56.5
1978	61.5	57
1979	62	57.4
1980	62.5	57.9
1981	63	58.3
1982	63.4	58.6
1983	63.6	59
1984	63.7	59.3
1985	63.6	59.7
1986	63.4	60
1987	62.8	60.2
1988	61.7	60.4
1989	61.2	60.6
1990	60.1	60.7
1991	58.9	60.9
1992	58.2	61
1993	57.3	61.1
1994	56	61.2
1995	54.7	61.3
1996	54.3	61.3
1997	53.6	61.4
1998	53	61.5
1999	52.5	61.7
2000	52.3	61.8
2001	52.2	62
2002	52.4	62.2
2003	52.9	62.5
2004	53.6	62.7
2005	54.4	63
2006	55.1	63.3
2007	56.7	63.6
2008	57.7	64
2009	58.3	64.4
2010	59.1	64.7
2011	59.7	65.1
2012	60.4	65.4
2013	61.2	65.8
2014	62.2	66.1
2015	63.2	66.3
2016	64.3	66.6
2017	65.4	66.8
2018	66.4	67
2019	67.2	67.3
2020	67.6	67.1
2021	63.3	67.1
2022	68.7	67.7
2023	69.2	68.3
2024	69.3	68.5
2025	69.4	68.7

Botswana and Gabon population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Gabon

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Gabon
1960	516,165	512,316
1961	527,942	518,266
1962	540,186	524,649
1963	552,966	531,452
1964	566,266	538,657
1965	574,664	546,308
1966	577,866	554,463
1967	580,933	563,108
1968	583,966	572,257
1969	587,066	583,276
1970	590,334	595,846
1971	600,481	608,348
1972	622,407	620,960
1973	652,408	633,995
1974	685,448	647,691
1975	720,380	662,197
1976	758,508	677,628
1977	799,574	693,984
1978	849,239	711,245
1979	901,742	729,375
1980	937,485	748,389
1981	969,996	768,385
1982	1,009,269	789,286
1983	1,046,137	811,005
1984	1,083,660	833,501
1985	1,121,945	856,726
1986	1,160,650	880,705
1987	1,199,167	905,479
1988	1,235,476	931,020
1989	1,270,274	957,138
1990	1,305,696	983,734
1991	1,341,756	1,010,818
1992	1,380,033	1,038,380
1993	1,420,115	1,066,405
1994	1,460,023	1,094,720
1995	1,498,836	1,123,213
1996	1,535,914	1,152,015
1997	1,571,691	1,181,439
1998	1,606,899	1,211,736
1999	1,641,997	1,243,016
2000	1,677,382	1,275,572
2001	1,712,254	1,309,589
2002	1,744,763	1,345,135
2003	1,775,736	1,382,350
2004	1,807,146	1,421,609
2005	1,839,877	1,463,495
2006	1,874,516	1,508,337
2007	1,911,201	1,556,237
2008	1,949,970	1,607,175
2009	1,990,673	1,661,556
2010	2,033,111	1,719,879
2011	2,073,535	1,781,985
2012	2,108,617	1,846,889
2013	2,140,682	1,913,059
2014	2,172,044	1,978,399
2015	2,203,273	2,040,989
2016	2,234,776	2,100,306
2017	2,266,747	2,156,900
2018	2,299,141	2,212,318
2019	2,332,083	2,267,706
2020	2,365,894	2,322,539
2021	2,401,441	2,376,722
2022	2,439,892	2,430,747
2023	2,480,244	2,484,789
2024	2,521,139	2,538,952

Fertility rates in Botswana and Gabon

Fertility rate

Botswana

Gabon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Gabon
1960	6.6	4.42
1961	6.56	4.5
1962	6.54	4.59
1963	6.58	4.65
1964	6.61	4.71
1965	6.6	4.79
1966	6.61	4.86
1967	6.6	4.92
1968	6.58	4.98
1969	6.56	5.05
1970	6.55	5.1
1971	6.54	5.16
1972	6.56	5.24
1973	6.59	5.29
1974	6.61	5.33
1975	6.61	5.39
1976	6.6	5.46
1977	6.54	5.52
1978	6.48	5.57
1979	6.4	5.61
1980	6.29	5.66
1981	6.16	5.73
1982	5.97	5.74
1983	5.79	5.76
1984	5.63	5.73
1985	5.48	5.71
1986	5.33	5.69
1987	5.1	5.67
1988	4.88	5.62
1989	4.67	5.55
1990	4.51	5.46
1991	4.37	5.37
1992	4.26	5.29
1993	4.15	5.19
1994	4.02	5.04
1995	3.79	4.88
1996	3.57	4.74
1997	3.43	4.66
1998	3.36	4.58
1999	3.31	4.5
2000	3.29	4.47
2001	3.25	4.42
2002	3.18	4.36
2003	3.11	4.3
2004	3.06	4.25
2005	3.08	4.21
2006	3.11	4.17
2007	3.13	4.14
2008	3.13	4.12
2009	3.13	4.14
2010	3.14	4.15
2011	3.1	4.15
2012	3.07	4.09
2013	3.05	4.02
2014	3.03	3.95
2015	3.01	3.92
2016	2.99	3.92
2017	2.97	3.91
2018	2.94	3.91
2019	2.91	3.88
2020	2.86	3.83
2021	2.83	3.78
2022	2.79	3.71
2023	2.73	3.65

Botswana and Gabon demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Gabon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Gabon
1960	17.7	27.2
1961	17.4	27
1962	17.1	26.8
1963	16.8	26.5
1964	16.6	26.2
1965	16.4	25.9
1966	16.2	25.6
1967	15.9	25.2
1968	15.7	24.8
1969	15.6	24.5
1970	15.4	24.2
1971	15.3	23.9
1972	15.4	23.5
1973	15.6	23.2
1974	15.8	22.9
1975	16	22.5
1976	16.2	22.2
1977	16.4	21.9
1978	16.6	21.6
1979	16.9	21.3
1980	16.8	21
1981	16.8	20.7
1982	16.8	20.4
1983	16.8	20.1
1984	16.8	19.9
1985	16.8	19.7
1986	16.9	19.5
1987	16.9	19.3
1988	17	19.2
1989	17.1	19
1990	17.3	18.9
1991	17.4	18.9
1992	17.6	18.8
1993	17.8	18.8
1994	18	18.8
1995	18.3	18.8
1996	18.6	18.9
1997	18.8	18.9
1998	19.1	19
1999	19.4	19.1
2000	19.7	19.3
2001	20	19.4
2002	20.3	19.6
2003	20.6	19.7
2004	20.9	19.9
2005	21.2	20.1
2006	21.5	20.3
2007	21.7	20.6
2008	22	20.8
2009	22.2	21
2010	22.5	21.2
2011	22.7	21.4
2012	22.8	21.7
2013	22.7	21.9
2014	22.7	22.1
2015	22.7	22.2
2016	22.7	22.3
2017	22.8	22.4
2018	22.9	22.4
2019	23.1	22.5
2020	23.3	22.5
2021	23.4	22.5
2022	23.6	22.5
2023	23.9	22.6
2024	24.2	22.6

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