Botswana vs Jamaica statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 2.84M in Jamaica (ranked 139/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 4,181 sq mi for Jamaica (ranked 47th vs. 159th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020).

Botswana and Jamaica: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Jamaica economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Jamaica
1960	$30,411,414	$699,064,380
1961	$32,902,613	$748,043,501
1962	$35,644,957	$777,727,689
1963	$38,091,843	$826,706,669
1964	$41,616,348	$897,949,001
1965	$45,788,696	$972,159,611
1966	$51,465,655	$1,096,759,561
1967	$58,642,354	$1,148,014,311
1968	$66,248,441	$1,083,839,133
1969	$77,361,547	$1,191,239,047
1970	$96,243,234	$1,404,720,442
1971	$127,448,614	$1,539,861,816
1972	$164,460,915	$1,875,146,587
1973	$244,124,164	$1,905,917,553
1974	$306,044,208	$2,375,122,375
1975	$355,168,572	$2,860,442,750
1976	$372,025,093	$2,966,042,856
1977	$451,624,780	$3,249,733,140
1978	$590,407,374	$2,644,527,822
1979	$819,870,259	$2,425,064,229
1980	$1,060,889,704	$2,679,379,372
1981	$1,073,812,830	$2,979,027,966
1982	$1,014,945,696	$3,293,496,312
1983	$1,172,230,397	$3,619,262,277
1984	$1,240,822,167	$2,373,564,549
1985	$1,114,783,343	$2,100,239,019
1986	$1,392,602,164	$2,754,549,582
1987	$1,965,226,890	$3,287,007,322
1988	$2,644,554,159	$3,828,342,820
1989	$3,083,822,112	$4,404,937,853
1990	$3,790,636,324	$4,592,208,087
1991	$3,942,876,703	$4,106,207,649
1992	$4,146,464,587	$3,535,460,090
1993	$4,160,129,175	$5,440,075,676
1994	$4,259,259,604	$5,452,558,947
1995	$4,730,599,122	$6,577,520,643
1996	$4,847,757,218	$7,393,891,921
1997	$5,020,265,627	$8,400,041,724
1998	$4,790,481,509	$8,787,195,622
1999	$5,484,263,347	$8,887,057,997
2000	$5,788,329,609	$9,005,064,475
2001	$5,489,608,300	$9,194,727,831
2002	$5,438,863,983	$9,719,009,495
2003	$7,511,582,173	$9,430,234,811
2004	$8,957,467,707	$10,174,664,854
2005	$9,918,907,108	$11,243,865,778
2006	$9,919,158,482	$11,930,179,090
2007	$10,567,270,656	$12,799,600,047
2008	$10,730,829,116	$13,709,401,520
2009	$10,118,459,242	$12,120,458,115
2010	$12,637,273,429	$13,220,549,908
2011	$15,110,643,612	$14,444,661,522
2012	$13,907,464,500	$14,807,086,556
2013	$14,271,738,933	$14,264,205,153
2014	$15,470,088,501	$13,899,217,680
2015	$13,530,748,845	$14,188,936,918
2016	$15,082,637,184	$14,077,096,677
2017	$16,105,155,857	$14,808,985,133
2018	$17,031,943,186	$15,730,792,876
2019	$16,725,908,149	$15,830,766,531
2020	$14,960,251,611	$13,812,421,836
2021	$18,750,182,235	$14,657,586,159
2022	$20,321,150,598	$17,097,760,687
2023	$19,411,266,967	$19,423,355,367
2024	$19,400,774,882	$19,930,288,337

Botswana and Jamaica economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Jamaica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Jamaica
1960	$58.9	$424
1961	$62.3	$447
1962	$66	$458
1963	$68.9	$480
1964	$73.5	$514
1965	$79.7	$549
1966	$89.1	$612
1967	$100.9	$633
1968	$113.4	$591
1969	$131.8	$642
1970	$163	$748
1971	$212.2	$809
1972	$264.2	$971
1973	$374	$972
1974	$446	$1,193
1975	$493	$1,417
1976	$490	$1,450
1977	$565	$1,569
1978	$695	$1,262
1979	$909	$1,144
1980	$1,132	$1,249
1981	$1,107	$1,370
1982	$1,006	$1,494
1983	$1,121	$1,619
1984	$1,145	$1,048
1985	$994	$917
1986	$1,200	$1,191
1987	$1,639	$1,411
1988	$2,141	$1,632
1989	$2,428	$1,865
1990	$2,903	$1,930
1991	$2,939	$1,710
1992	$3,005	$1,458
1993	$2,929	$2,221
1994	$2,917	$2,203
1995	$3,156	$2,631
1996	$3,156	$2,929
1997	$3,194	$3,297
1998	$2,981	$3,419
1999	$3,340	$3,432
2000	$3,451	$3,453
2001	$3,206	$3,504
2002	$3,117	$3,681
2003	$4,230	$3,550
2004	$4,957	$3,808
2005	$5,391	$4,184
2006	$5,292	$4,417
2007	$5,529	$4,716
2008	$5,503	$5,030
2009	$5,083	$4,428
2010	$6,216	$4,810
2011	$7,287	$5,233
2012	$6,596	$5,341
2013	$6,667	$5,124
2014	$7,122	$4,975
2015	$6,141	$5,063
2016	$6,749	$5,010
2017	$7,105	$5,259
2018	$7,408	$5,578
2019	$7,172	$5,607
2020	$6,323	$4,879
2021	$7,808	$5,165
2022	$8,329	$6,022
2023	$7,826	$6,840
2024	$7,695	$7,020

Botswana vs. Jamaica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Jamaica
1950	46.2	56.6
1951	46.6	57.1
1952	47	58.1
1953	47.5	58.9
1954	48	59.6
1955	48.5	60.4
1956	49	61.2
1957	49.5	61.9
1958	50.1	62.6
1959	50.7	63.2
1960	51.2	63.8
1961	51.8	64.3
1962	52.3	64.6
1963	52.8	65
1964	53.4	65.3
1965	53.9	65.7
1966	54.4	65.9
1967	54.9	66.1
1968	55.4	66.3
1969	55.9	66.5
1970	56.4	66.7
1971	57.1	67
1972	57.7	67.3
1973	58.3	67.6
1974	58.9	67.9
1975	59.5	68.2
1976	60.2	68.4
1977	60.9	68.6
1978	61.5	68.7
1979	62	68.8
1980	62.5	69
1981	63	69.1
1982	63.4	69.3
1983	63.6	69.5
1984	63.7	69.8
1985	63.6	70.1
1986	63.4	70.4
1987	62.8	70.9
1988	61.7	71.2
1989	61.2	71.5
1990	60.1	71.7
1991	58.9	71.8
1992	58.2	71.8
1993	57.3	71.8
1994	56	71.6
1995	54.7	71.5
1996	54.3	71.3
1997	53.6	71.2
1998	53	71.2
1999	52.5	71.2
2000	52.3	71.3
2001	52.2	71.3
2002	52.4	71.5
2003	52.9	71.6
2004	53.6	71.5
2005	54.4	71.5
2006	55.1	71.4
2007	56.7	71.4
2008	57.7	71.5
2009	58.3	71.7
2010	59.1	72
2011	59.7	72.2
2012	60.4	72.4
2013	61.2	72.4
2014	62.2	72.4
2015	63.2	72.2
2016	64.3	72.1
2017	65.4	71.9
2018	66.4	71.6
2019	67.2	71.5
2020	67.6	71.5
2021	63.3	69.1
2022	68.7	71.5
2023	69.2	71.5
2024	69.3	71.6
2025	69.4	71.7

Botswana and Jamaica population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Jamaica
1960	516,165	1,650,005
1961	527,942	1,673,261
1962	540,186	1,696,932
1963	552,966	1,721,099
1964	566,266	1,745,568
1965	574,664	1,769,192
1966	577,866	1,791,475
1967	580,933	1,812,865
1968	583,966	1,833,765
1969	587,066	1,855,127
1970	590,334	1,878,196
1971	600,481	1,903,728
1972	622,407	1,931,542
1973	652,408	1,961,219
1974	685,448	1,990,906
1975	720,380	2,018,981
1976	758,508	2,045,578
1977	799,574	2,070,657
1978	849,239	2,094,836
1979	901,742	2,119,486
1980	937,485	2,145,658
1981	969,996	2,173,818
1982	1,009,269	2,203,889
1983	1,046,137	2,234,832
1984	1,083,660	2,264,562
1985	1,121,945	2,290,656
1986	1,160,650	2,312,125
1987	1,199,167	2,329,813
1988	1,235,476	2,345,777
1989	1,270,274	2,361,916
1990	1,305,696	2,379,877
1991	1,341,756	2,400,869
1992	1,380,033	2,424,701
1993	1,420,115	2,449,916
1994	1,460,023	2,475,220
1995	1,498,836	2,500,151
1996	1,535,914	2,524,463
1997	1,571,691	2,547,848
1998	1,606,899	2,569,736
1999	1,641,997	2,589,795
2000	1,677,382	2,607,826
2001	1,712,254	2,624,403
2002	1,744,763	2,640,572
2003	1,775,736	2,656,623
2004	1,807,146	2,672,225
2005	1,839,877	2,687,066
2006	1,874,516	2,700,968
2007	1,911,201	2,713,800
2008	1,949,970	2,725,635
2009	1,990,673	2,736,995
2010	2,033,111	2,748,568
2011	2,073,535	2,760,494
2012	2,108,617	2,772,430
2013	2,140,682	2,783,687
2014	2,172,044	2,793,749
2015	2,203,273	2,802,534
2016	2,234,776	2,809,915
2017	2,266,747	2,815,764
2018	2,299,141	2,820,097
2019	2,332,083	2,823,271
2020	2,365,894	2,830,739
2021	2,401,441	2,837,682
2022	2,439,892	2,839,144
2023	2,480,244	2,839,786
2024	2,521,139	2,839,175

Fertility rates in Botswana and Jamaica

Fertility rate

Botswana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Jamaica
1960	6.6	5.54
1961	6.56	5.6
1962	6.54	5.64
1963	6.58	5.73
1964	6.61	5.79
1965	6.6	5.72
1966	6.61	5.69
1967	6.6	5.67
1968	6.58	5.58
1969	6.56	5.47
1970	6.55	5.35
1971	6.54	5.21
1972	6.56	5.06
1973	6.59	5
1974	6.61	4.67
1975	6.61	4.44
1976	6.6	4.21
1977	6.54	4
1978	6.48	3.84
1979	6.4	3.72
1980	6.29	3.59
1981	6.16	3.51
1982	5.97	3.46
1983	5.79	3.41
1984	5.63	3.32
1985	5.48	3.21
1986	5.33	3.11
1987	5.1	3.02
1988	4.88	2.98
1989	4.67	2.93
1990	4.51	2.96
1991	4.37	3
1992	4.26	3.03
1993	4.15	2.99
1994	4.02	2.93
1995	3.79	2.85
1996	3.57	2.77
1997	3.43	2.68
1998	3.36	2.57
1999	3.31	2.47
2000	3.29	2.35
2001	3.25	2.3
2002	3.18	2.27
2003	3.11	2.24
2004	3.06	2.2
2005	3.08	2.15
2006	3.11	2.09
2007	3.13	2.02
2008	3.13	1.95
2009	3.13	1.88
2010	3.14	1.8
2011	3.1	1.72
2012	3.07	1.65
2013	3.05	1.59
2014	3.03	1.54
2015	3.01	1.51
2016	2.99	1.46
2017	2.97	1.43
2018	2.94	1.4
2019	2.91	1.39
2020	2.86	1.38
2021	2.83	1.38
2022	2.79	1.37
2023	2.73	1.36

Botswana and Jamaica demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Jamaica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Jamaica
1960	17.7	19.8
1961	17.4	19.5
1962	17.1	19.3
1963	16.8	19
1964	16.6	18.8
1965	16.4	18.5
1966	16.2	18.3
1967	15.9	18.1
1968	15.7	17.9
1969	15.6	17.8
1970	15.4	17.7
1971	15.3	17.7
1972	15.4	17.8
1973	15.6	17.9
1974	15.8	18
1975	16	18.2
1976	16.2	18.4
1977	16.4	18.6
1978	16.6	18.9
1979	16.9	19.1
1980	16.8	19.4
1981	16.8	19.6
1982	16.8	19.9
1983	16.8	20.1
1984	16.8	20.4
1985	16.8	20.6
1986	16.9	20.8
1987	16.9	21.1
1988	17	21.3
1989	17.1	21.6
1990	17.3	21.8
1991	17.4	22
1992	17.6	22.2
1993	17.8	22.3
1994	18	22.4
1995	18.3	22.5
1996	18.6	22.6
1997	18.8	22.7
1998	19.1	22.9
1999	19.4	23.1
2000	19.7	23.3
2001	20	23.6
2002	20.3	23.8
2003	20.6	24.1
2004	20.9	24.4
2005	21.2	24.6
2006	21.5	24.9
2007	21.7	25.3
2008	22	25.7
2009	22.2	26.1
2010	22.5	26.5
2011	22.7	27
2012	22.8	27.4
2013	22.7	27.9
2014	22.7	28.3
2015	22.7	28.8
2016	22.7	29.3
2017	22.8	29.8
2018	22.9	30.3
2019	23.1	30.8
2020	23.3	31.3
2021	23.4	31.7
2022	23.6	32.2
2023	23.9	32.8
2024	24.2	33.3

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