Botswana vs Iran statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 47th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Botswana and Iran: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Iran economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Iran
1960	$30,411,414	$4,199,134,390
1961	$32,902,613	$4,426,949,095
1962	$35,644,957	$4,693,566,416
1963	$38,091,843	$4,928,628,018
1964	$41,616,348	$5,379,845,648
1965	$45,788,696	$6,197,319,929
1966	$51,465,655	$6,789,938,672
1967	$58,642,354	$7,555,383,690
1968	$66,248,441	$8,623,172,960
1969	$77,361,547	$9,743,089,607
1970	$96,243,234	$10,976,245,154
1971	$127,448,614	$13,731,802,833
1972	$164,460,915	$17,153,463,263
1973	$244,124,164	$27,081,698,250
1974	$306,044,208	$46,209,092,072
1975	$355,168,572	$51,776,222,350
1976	$372,025,093	$68,055,295,081
1977	$451,624,780	$80,600,122,702
1978	$590,407,374	$77,994,316,621
1979	$819,870,259	$90,391,877,326
1980	$1,060,889,704	$94,362,275,580
1981	$1,073,812,830	$100,499,312,750
1982	$1,014,945,696	$125,948,756,439
1983	$1,172,230,397	$156,365,156,618
1984	$1,240,822,167	$162,276,728,620
1985	$1,114,783,343	$180,183,629,600
1986	$1,392,602,164	$209,094,561,833
1987	$1,965,226,890	$134,009,995,923
1988	$2,644,554,159	$123,057,861,334
1989	$3,083,822,112	$120,496,362,916
1990	$3,790,636,324	$124,813,263,926
1991	$3,942,876,703	$131,637,664,958
1992	$4,146,464,587	$119,768,691,217
1993	$4,160,129,175	$63,743,623,231
1994	$4,259,259,604	$71,841,461,172
1995	$4,730,599,122	$96,419,225,745
1996	$4,847,757,218	$120,403,931,883
1997	$5,020,265,627	$113,919,163,421
1998	$4,790,481,509	$110,276,913,362
1999	$5,484,263,347	$113,848,450,089
2000	$5,788,329,609	$109,591,707,801
2001	$5,489,608,300	$126,878,750,296
2002	$5,438,863,983	$128,626,917,504
2003	$7,511,582,173	$151,911,222,120
2004	$8,957,467,707	$187,754,571,247
2005	$9,918,907,108	$224,970,371,329
2006	$9,919,158,482	$265,602,187,406
2007	$10,567,270,656	$349,736,591,836
2008	$10,730,829,116	$406,070,949,551
2009	$10,118,459,242	$414,059,094,950
2010	$12,637,273,429	$487,069,570,461
2011	$15,110,643,612	$629,082,257,472
2012	$13,907,464,500	$644,019,315,004
2013	$14,271,738,933	$500,399,839,840
2014	$15,470,088,501	$462,284,793,281
2015	$13,530,748,845	$409,191,686,497
2016	$15,082,637,184	$459,042,684,193
2017	$16,105,155,857	$489,168,731,811
2018	$17,031,943,186	$398,880,231,367
2019	$16,725,908,149	$333,519,146,339
2020	$14,960,251,611	$262,186,179,356
2021	$18,750,182,235	$383,436,202,447
2022	$20,321,150,598	$394,362,621,793
2023	$19,411,266,967	$404,625,655,076
2024	$19,400,774,882	$436,906,331,672

Botswana and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Iran
1960	$58.9	$195.6
1961	$62.3	$200.1
1962	$66	$205.8
1963	$68.9	$209.6
1964	$73.5	$221.7
1965	$79.7	$247.5
1966	$89.1	$262.9
1967	$100.9	$283.7
1968	$113.4	$314
1969	$131.8	$345
1970	$163	$377
1971	$212.2	$457
1972	$264.2	$555
1973	$374	$851
1974	$446	$1,409
1975	$493	$1,532
1976	$490	$1,954
1977	$565	$2,243
1978	$695	$2,101
1979	$909	$2,352
1980	$1,132	$2,368
1981	$1,107	$2,393
1982	$1,006	$2,845
1983	$1,121	$3,397
1984	$1,145	$3,395
1985	$994	$3,634
1986	$1,200	$4,064
1987	$1,639	$2,513
1988	$2,141	$2,234
1989	$2,428	$2,125
1990	$2,903	$2,138
1991	$2,939	$2,194
1992	$3,005	$1,957
1993	$2,929	$1,038
1994	$2,917	$1,168
1995	$3,156	$1,550
1996	$3,156	$1,915
1997	$3,194	$1,790
1998	$2,981	$1,709
1999	$3,340	$1,740
2000	$3,451	$1,650
2001	$3,206	$1,881
2002	$3,117	$1,891
2003	$4,230	$2,209
2004	$4,957	$2,672
2005	$5,391	$3,132
2006	$5,292	$3,619
2007	$5,529	$4,688
2008	$5,503	$5,377
2009	$5,083	$5,416
2010	$6,216	$6,291
2011	$7,287	$8,026
2012	$6,596	$8,114
2013	$6,667	$6,223
2014	$7,122	$5,672
2015	$6,141	$4,953
2016	$6,749	$5,477
2017	$7,105	$5,753
2018	$7,408	$4,632
2019	$7,172	$3,831
2020	$6,323	$2,989
2021	$7,808	$4,335
2022	$8,329	$4,405
2023	$7,826	$4,466
2024	$7,695	$4,771

Botswana vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Iran
1950	46.2	38.2
1951	46.6	38.7
1952	47	39.2
1953	47.5	39.5
1954	48	40
1955	48.5	40.6
1956	49	41.1
1957	49.5	41.3
1958	50.1	42.2
1959	50.7	42.8
1960	51.2	43.3
1961	51.8	43.9
1962	52.3	43.8
1963	52.8	45.1
1964	53.4	45.7
1965	53.9	46.4
1966	54.4	47.1
1967	54.9	47.8
1968	55.4	47.9
1969	55.9	49.4
1970	56.4	50.2
1971	57.1	51.1
1972	57.7	51.7
1973	58.3	52.9
1974	58.9	53.9
1975	59.5	54.8
1976	60.2	55.8
1977	60.9	56.7
1978	61.5	56
1979	62	58.5
1980	62.5	58.4
1981	63	56.6
1982	63.4	57.6
1983	63.6	58.5
1984	63.7	60.9
1985	63.6	61.5
1986	63.4	62.1
1987	62.8	62.7
1988	61.7	63.3
1989	61.2	65.3
1990	60.1	64.1
1991	58.9	66.2
1992	58.2	66.7
1993	57.3	67
1994	56	67.5
1995	54.7	67.9
1996	54.3	68.3
1997	53.6	68.6
1998	53	69.2
1999	52.5	69.7
2000	52.3	70.2
2001	52.2	70.6
2002	52.4	71.1
2003	52.9	70.5
2004	53.6	72
2005	54.4	72.4
2006	55.1	72.9
2007	56.7	73.3
2008	57.7	73.7
2009	58.3	74
2010	59.1	74.4
2011	59.7	74.7
2012	60.4	75
2013	61.2	75.3
2014	62.2	75.6
2015	63.2	75.9
2016	64.3	76.2
2017	65.4	76.4
2018	66.4	76.6
2019	67.2	76.9
2020	67.6	74.1
2021	63.3	73.8
2022	68.7	76.8
2023	69.2	77.7
2024	69.3	77.9
2025	69.4	78.1

Botswana and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Iran
1960	516,165	21,470,434
1961	527,942	22,125,726
1962	540,186	22,807,907
1963	552,966	23,519,005
1964	566,266	24,262,859
1965	574,664	25,036,978
1966	577,866	25,829,270
1967	580,933	26,628,432
1968	583,966	27,437,391
1969	587,066	28,273,482
1970	590,334	29,145,100
1971	600,481	30,029,071
1972	622,407	30,921,179
1973	652,408	31,839,838
1974	685,448	32,796,463
1975	720,380	33,802,973
1976	758,508	34,837,271
1977	799,574	35,933,181
1978	849,239	37,126,535
1979	901,742	38,424,952
1980	937,485	39,842,324
1981	969,996	41,989,312
1982	1,009,269	44,272,141
1983	1,046,137	46,029,535
1984	1,083,660	47,793,998
1985	1,121,945	49,582,289
1986	1,160,650	51,446,045
1987	1,199,167	53,323,493
1988	1,235,476	55,072,694
1989	1,270,274	56,704,914
1990	1,305,696	58,380,092
1991	1,341,756	59,986,931
1992	1,380,033	61,184,983
1993	1,420,115	61,403,543
1994	1,460,023	61,520,598
1995	1,498,836	62,205,567
1996	1,535,914	62,881,300
1997	1,571,691	63,639,638
1998	1,606,899	64,519,859
1999	1,641,997	65,445,391
2000	1,677,382	66,418,659
2001	1,712,254	67,452,005
2002	1,744,763	68,011,317
2003	1,775,736	68,769,340
2004	1,807,146	70,256,316
2005	1,839,877	71,828,455
2006	1,874,516	73,392,747
2007	1,911,201	74,602,648
2008	1,949,970	75,514,204
2009	1,990,673	76,457,825
2010	2,033,111	77,420,842
2011	2,073,535	78,383,598
2012	2,108,617	79,370,580
2013	2,140,682	80,414,686
2014	2,172,044	81,502,045
2015	2,203,273	82,619,362
2016	2,234,776	83,812,228
2017	2,266,747	85,026,754
2018	2,299,141	86,117,998
2019	2,332,083	87,051,648
2020	2,365,894	87,723,443
2021	2,401,441	88,455,488
2022	2,439,892	89,524,246
2023	2,480,244	90,608,707
2024	2,521,139	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Botswana and Iran

Fertility rate

Botswana

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Iran
1960	6.6	7.52
1961	6.56	7.46
1962	6.54	7.4
1963	6.58	7.32
1964	6.61	7.24
1965	6.6	7.22
1966	6.61	7.21
1967	6.6	7.19
1968	6.58	7.12
1969	6.56	7.01
1970	6.55	6.8
1971	6.54	6.55
1972	6.56	6.26
1973	6.59	6.06
1974	6.61	5.97
1975	6.61	5.95
1976	6.6	6.07
1977	6.54	6.18
1978	6.48	6.34
1979	6.4	6.55
1980	6.29	6.63
1981	6.16	6.62
1982	5.97	6.59
1983	5.79	6.53
1984	5.63	6.43
1985	5.48	6.24
1986	5.33	6.01
1987	5.1	5.72
1988	4.88	5.43
1989	4.67	5.17
1990	4.51	4.93
1991	4.37	4.57
1992	4.26	4.1
1993	4.15	3.67
1994	4.02	3.24
1995	3.79	2.85
1996	3.57	2.54
1997	3.43	2.32
1998	3.36	2.19
1999	3.31	2.09
2000	3.29	2
2001	3.25	1.92
2002	3.18	1.84
2003	3.11	1.8
2004	3.06	1.78
2005	3.08	1.76
2006	3.11	1.76
2007	3.13	1.75
2008	3.13	1.74
2009	3.13	1.74
2010	3.14	1.75
2011	3.1	1.79
2012	3.07	1.85
2013	3.05	1.91
2014	3.03	1.98
2015	3.01	2.02
2016	2.99	2.05
2017	2.97	2.02
2018	2.94	1.92
2019	2.91	1.77
2020	2.86	1.7
2021	2.83	1.71
2022	2.79	1.7
2023	2.73	1.7

Botswana and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Iran
1960	17.7	19.1
1961	17.4	18.7
1962	17.1	18.4
1963	16.8	18.1
1964	16.6	17.9
1965	16.4	17.8
1966	16.2	17.7
1967	15.9	17.7
1968	15.7	17.6
1969	15.6	17.6
1970	15.4	17.6
1971	15.3	17.7
1972	15.4	17.8
1973	15.6	17.9
1974	15.8	18
1975	16	18.1
1976	16.2	18.2
1977	16.4	18.3
1978	16.6	18.3
1979	16.9	18.3
1980	16.8	18.2
1981	16.8	18.4
1982	16.8	18.6
1983	16.8	18.5
1984	16.8	18.4
1985	16.8	18.3
1986	16.9	18.2
1987	16.9	18.2
1988	17	18.2
1989	17.1	18.1
1990	17.3	18.2
1991	17.4	18.3
1992	17.6	18.4
1993	17.8	18.3
1994	18	18.4
1995	18.3	18.7
1996	18.6	19.1
1997	18.8	19.5
1998	19.1	20
1999	19.4	20.7
2000	19.7	21.4
2001	20	22
2002	20.3	22.6
2003	20.6	23.1
2004	20.9	23.7
2005	21.2	24.3
2006	21.5	24.8
2007	21.7	25.5
2008	22	26.1
2009	22.2	26.6
2010	22.5	27.2
2011	22.7	27.7
2012	22.8	28.2
2013	22.7	28.7
2014	22.7	29.2
2015	22.7	29.7
2016	22.7	30.2
2017	22.8	30.7
2018	22.9	31.2
2019	23.1	31.7
2020	23.3	32.3
2021	23.4	32.8
2022	23.6	33.3
2023	23.9	33.8
2024	24.2	34.3

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