Botswana vs Guyana statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 831K in Guyana (ranked 161/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 81,522 sq mi for Guyana (ranked 47th vs. 82nd).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884).

Botswana and Guyana: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Guyana economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Guyana

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Guyana
1960	$30,411,414	$170,216,241
1961	$32,902,613	$185,849,535
1962	$35,644,957	$194,949,513
1963	$38,091,843	$175,757,894
1964	$41,616,348	$194,774,513
1965	$45,788,696	$213,235,294
1966	$51,465,655	$228,705,882
1967	$58,642,354	$250,176,471
1968	$66,248,441	$229,750,000
1969	$77,361,547	$249,300,000
1970	$96,243,234	$267,800,000
1971	$127,448,614	$282,050,000
1972	$164,460,915	$285,380,952
1973	$244,124,164	$307,047,619
1974	$306,044,208	$433,954,545
1975	$355,168,572	$494,791,667
1976	$372,025,093	$454,440,000
1977	$451,624,780	$449,880,000
1978	$590,407,374	$507,080,000
1979	$819,870,259	$530,440,000
1980	$1,060,889,704	$603,200,000
1981	$1,073,812,830	$570,357,107
1982	$1,014,945,696	$482,000,000
1983	$1,172,230,397	$489,333,333
1984	$1,240,822,167	$437,631,605
1985	$1,114,783,343	$453,488,372
1986	$1,392,602,164	$504,651,140
1987	$1,965,226,890	$354,591,847
1988	$2,644,554,159	$413,799,990
1989	$3,083,822,112	$379,779,390
1990	$3,790,636,324	$396,582,263
1991	$3,942,876,703	$348,533,095
1992	$4,146,464,587	$373,573,141
1993	$4,160,129,175	$454,101,382
1994	$4,259,259,604	$540,874,934
1995	$4,730,599,122	$621,626,786
1996	$4,847,757,218	$705,406,001
1997	$5,020,265,627	$749,138,010
1998	$4,790,481,509	$717,530,683
1999	$5,484,263,347	$694,754,988
2000	$5,788,329,609	$712,667,897
2001	$5,489,608,300	$712,167,450
2002	$5,438,863,983	$726,131,435
2003	$7,511,582,173	$743,063,950
2004	$8,957,467,707	$787,814,379
2005	$9,918,907,108	$824,880,550
2006	$9,919,158,482	$2,379,817,991
2007	$10,567,270,656	$2,730,971,595
2008	$10,730,829,116	$3,025,187,433
2009	$10,118,459,242	$3,165,663,153
2010	$12,637,273,429	$3,432,912,517
2011	$15,110,643,612	$3,691,384,318
2012	$13,907,464,500	$4,063,088,536
2013	$14,271,738,933	$4,167,800,929
2014	$15,470,088,501	$4,127,660,152
2015	$13,530,748,845	$4,279,840,194
2016	$15,082,637,184	$4,482,697,337
2017	$16,105,155,857	$4,748,174,334
2018	$17,031,943,186	$4,787,636,998
2019	$16,725,908,149	$5,173,760,192
2020	$14,960,251,611	$5,471,256,595
2021	$18,750,182,235	$8,041,362,110
2022	$20,321,150,598	$14,718,388,489
2023	$19,411,266,967	$16,918,503,597
2024	$19,400,774,882	$24,835,899,826

Botswana and Guyana economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Guyana

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Guyana
1960	$58.9	$299.1
1961	$62.3	$319
1962	$66	$327
1963	$68.9	$288.8
1964	$73.5	$313
1965	$79.7	$336
1966	$89.1	$353
1967	$100.9	$378
1968	$113.4	$340
1969	$131.8	$361
1970	$163	$381
1971	$212.2	$396
1972	$264.2	$395
1973	$374	$421
1974	$446	$588
1975	$493	$664
1976	$490	$604
1977	$565	$593
1978	$695	$663
1979	$909	$689
1980	$1,132	$779
1981	$1,107	$735
1982	$1,006	$621
1983	$1,121	$631
1984	$1,145	$565
1985	$994	$588
1986	$1,200	$657
1987	$1,639	$464
1988	$2,141	$545
1989	$2,428	$503
1990	$2,903	$529
1991	$2,939	$466
1992	$3,005	$498
1993	$2,929	$603
1994	$2,917	$716
1995	$3,156	$820
1996	$3,156	$928
1997	$3,194	$983
1998	$2,981	$940
1999	$3,340	$909
2000	$3,451	$932
2001	$3,206	$932
2002	$3,117	$951
2003	$4,230	$974
2004	$4,957	$1,033
2005	$5,391	$1,084
2006	$5,292	$3,136
2007	$5,529	$3,608
2008	$5,503	$4,009
2009	$5,083	$4,209
2010	$6,216	$4,582
2011	$7,287	$4,947
2012	$6,596	$5,444
2013	$6,667	$5,557
2014	$7,122	$5,473
2015	$6,141	$5,640
2016	$6,749	$5,871
2017	$7,105	$6,179
2018	$7,408	$6,048
2019	$7,172	$6,406
2020	$6,323	$6,776
2021	$7,808	$9,861
2022	$8,329	$17,913
2023	$7,826	$20,474
2024	$7,695	$29,884

Botswana vs. Guyana life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Guyana

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Guyana
1950	46.2	49.2
1951	46.6	50.2
1952	47	51.3
1953	47.5	52.4
1954	48	53.3
1955	48.5	54.1
1956	49	55.2
1957	49.5	56.1
1958	50.1	56.4
1959	50.7	57
1960	51.2	57.5
1961	51.8	57.9
1962	52.3	58.3
1963	52.8	58.6
1964	53.4	59
1965	53.9	59.1
1966	54.4	59.3
1967	54.9	59.5
1968	55.4	59.7
1969	55.9	59.8
1970	56.4	60
1971	57.1	60.1
1972	57.7	60.1
1973	58.3	60.2
1974	58.9	60.3
1975	59.5	60.4
1976	60.2	60.4
1977	60.9	60.6
1978	61.5	60.6
1979	62	60.7
1980	62.5	60.8
1981	63	60.9
1982	63.4	61
1983	63.6	61.2
1984	63.7	61.3
1985	63.6	61.4
1986	63.4	61.5
1987	62.8	61.7
1988	61.7	61.8
1989	61.2	62.1
1990	60.1	62.3
1991	58.9	62.5
1992	58.2	62.8
1993	57.3	63
1994	56	63
1995	54.7	62.7
1996	54.3	62.7
1997	53.6	62.9
1998	53	63.4
1999	52.5	63.8
2000	52.3	64.1
2001	52.2	64.4
2002	52.4	64.2
2003	52.9	64.1
2004	53.6	64.2
2005	54.4	64.4
2006	55.1	64.8
2007	56.7	65.5
2008	57.7	65.7
2009	58.3	66
2010	59.1	66.2
2011	59.7	66.5
2012	60.4	66.4
2013	61.2	66.7
2014	62.2	67.3
2015	63.2	67.7
2016	64.3	68.1
2017	65.4	68.5
2018	66.4	68.8
2019	67.2	69.1
2020	67.6	67.8
2021	63.3	64.3
2022	68.7	69.9
2023	69.2	70.2
2024	69.3	70.3
2025	69.4	70.4

Botswana and Guyana population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Guyana

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Guyana
1960	516,165	569,143
1961	527,942	582,568
1962	540,186	595,461
1963	552,966	608,537
1964	566,266	621,764
1965	574,664	635,128
1966	577,866	648,646
1967	580,933	662,311
1968	583,966	676,160
1969	587,066	690,223
1970	590,334	702,705
1971	600,481	712,662
1972	622,407	721,617
1973	652,408	730,138
1974	685,448	738,057
1975	720,380	745,393
1976	758,508	752,253
1977	799,574	758,654
1978	849,239	764,586
1979	901,742	770,062
1980	937,485	774,367
1981	969,996	776,453
1982	1,009,269	776,712
1983	1,046,137	775,891
1984	1,083,660	774,111
1985	1,121,945	771,477
1986	1,160,650	768,098
1987	1,199,167	764,120
1988	1,235,476	759,663
1989	1,270,274	754,865
1990	1,305,696	749,894
1991	1,341,756	747,861
1992	1,380,033	749,911
1993	1,420,115	752,965
1994	1,460,023	755,822
1995	1,498,836	758,388
1996	1,535,914	760,526
1997	1,571,691	762,245
1998	1,606,899	763,586
1999	1,641,997	764,483
2000	1,677,382	764,832
2001	1,712,254	764,477
2002	1,744,763	763,652
2003	1,775,736	763,101
2004	1,807,146	762,418
2005	1,839,877	760,914
2006	1,874,516	758,966
2007	1,911,201	756,861
2008	1,949,970	754,606
2009	1,990,673	752,094
2010	2,033,111	749,256
2011	2,073,535	746,153
2012	2,108,617	746,288
2013	2,140,682	750,021
2014	2,172,044	754,229
2015	2,203,273	758,781
2016	2,234,776	763,548
2017	2,266,747	768,479
2018	2,299,141	791,556
2019	2,332,083	807,665
2020	2,365,894	807,481
2021	2,401,441	815,482
2022	2,439,892	821,637
2023	2,480,244	826,353
2024	2,521,139	831,087

Fertility rates in Botswana and Guyana

Fertility rate

Botswana

Guyana

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Guyana
1960	6.6	6.33
1961	6.56	6.34
1962	6.54	6.33
1963	6.58	6.31
1964	6.61	6.23
1965	6.6	6.14
1966	6.61	6.02
1967	6.6	5.89
1968	6.58	5.75
1969	6.56	5.58
1970	6.55	5.41
1971	6.54	5.26
1972	6.56	5.08
1973	6.59	4.87
1974	6.61	4.64
1975	6.61	4.45
1976	6.6	4.28
1977	6.54	4.12
1978	6.48	3.97
1979	6.4	3.86
1980	6.29	3.77
1981	6.16	3.72
1982	5.97	3.68
1983	5.79	3.64
1984	5.63	3.54
1985	5.48	3.47
1986	5.33	3.38
1987	5.1	3.31
1988	4.88	3.23
1989	4.67	3.19
1990	4.51	3.18
1991	4.37	3.18
1992	4.26	3.19
1993	4.15	3.2
1994	4.02	3.23
1995	3.79	3.24
1996	3.57	3.23
1997	3.43	3.22
1998	3.36	3.18
1999	3.31	3.13
2000	3.29	3.06
2001	3.25	2.96
2002	3.18	2.84
2003	3.11	2.75
2004	3.06	2.68
2005	3.08	2.65
2006	3.11	2.66
2007	3.13	2.68
2008	3.13	2.7
2009	3.13	2.69
2010	3.14	2.68
2011	3.1	2.69
2012	3.07	2.7
2013	3.05	2.71
2014	3.03	2.7
2015	3.01	2.67
2016	2.99	2.63
2017	2.97	2.59
2018	2.94	2.55
2019	2.91	2.52
2020	2.86	2.49
2021	2.83	2.46
2022	2.79	2.44
2023	2.73	2.41

Botswana and Guyana demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Guyana

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Guyana
1960	17.7	16.7
1961	17.4	16.6
1962	17.1	16.4
1963	16.8	16.3
1964	16.6	16.2
1965	16.4	16.1
1966	16.2	16.1
1967	15.9	16.2
1968	15.7	16.2
1969	15.6	16.4
1970	15.4	16.5
1971	15.3	16.6
1972	15.4	16.7
1973	15.6	16.8
1974	15.8	17
1975	16	17.2
1976	16.2	17.4
1977	16.4	17.6
1978	16.6	17.8
1979	16.9	18
1980	16.8	18.2
1981	16.8	18.4
1982	16.8	18.7
1983	16.8	19
1984	16.8	19.3
1985	16.8	19.6
1986	16.9	19.9
1987	16.9	20.2
1988	17	20.5
1989	17.1	20.7
1990	17.3	20.9
1991	17.4	21.1
1992	17.6	21.3
1993	17.8	21.4
1994	18	21.5
1995	18.3	21.7
1996	18.6	21.8
1997	18.8	21.9
1998	19.1	22
1999	19.4	22.1
2000	19.7	22.2
2001	20	22.4
2002	20.3	22.5
2003	20.6	22.7
2004	20.9	22.9
2005	21.2	23.2
2006	21.5	23.4
2007	21.7	23.6
2008	22	23.8
2009	22.2	24
2010	22.5	24.2
2011	22.7	24.4
2012	22.8	24.5
2013	22.7	24.6
2014	22.7	24.6
2015	22.7	24.7
2016	22.7	24.9
2017	22.8	25
2018	22.9	25.4
2019	23.1	25.7
2020	23.3	25.9
2021	23.4	26.1
2022	23.6	26.4
2023	23.9	26.7
2024	24.2	26.9

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