Botswana vs Nigeria statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 47th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Botswana and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Nigeria
1960	$30,411,414	$4,196,174,502
1961	$32,902,613	$4,467,287,893
1962	$35,644,957	$4,909,399,176
1963	$38,091,843	$5,165,590,254
1964	$41,616,348	$5,552,931,319
1965	$45,788,696	$5,874,537,650
1966	$51,465,655	$6,366,917,453
1967	$58,642,354	$5,203,237,919
1968	$66,248,441	$5,200,997,920
1969	$77,361,547	$6,634,317,346
1970	$96,243,234	$12,546,094,982
1971	$127,448,614	$9,181,769,912
1972	$164,460,915	$12,274,416,018
1973	$244,124,164	$15,162,871,287
1974	$306,044,208	$24,846,641,318
1975	$355,168,572	$27,778,934,625
1976	$372,025,093	$36,308,883,249
1977	$451,624,780	$36,035,407,725
1978	$590,407,374	$36,527,862,209
1979	$819,870,259	$47,259,911,894
1980	$1,060,889,704	$64,201,788,123
1981	$1,073,812,830	$164,475,209,516
1982	$1,014,945,696	$142,769,363,314
1983	$1,172,230,397	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,240,822,167	$73,484,359,521
1985	$1,114,783,343	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,392,602,164	$54,805,852,581
1987	$1,965,226,890	$52,676,041,931
1988	$2,644,554,159	$49,648,470,440
1989	$3,083,822,112	$44,003,061,108
1990	$3,790,636,324	$54,035,795,388
1991	$3,942,876,703	$59,526,833,412
1992	$4,146,464,587	$52,058,181,854
1993	$4,160,129,175	$56,721,051,402
1994	$4,259,259,604	$80,399,613,064
1995	$4,730,599,122	$140,919,776,986
1996	$4,847,757,218	$185,730,236,700
1997	$5,020,265,627	$200,850,397,618
1998	$4,790,481,509	$218,416,200,673
1999	$5,484,263,347	$59,145,077,039
2000	$5,788,329,609	$69,171,451,627
2001	$5,489,608,300	$73,557,840,064
2002	$5,438,863,983	$95,054,059,303
2003	$7,511,582,173	$104,738,954,264
2004	$8,957,467,707	$135,764,731,646
2005	$9,918,907,108	$175,670,569,969
2006	$9,919,158,482	$238,454,997,161
2007	$10,567,270,656	$278,260,846,800
2008	$10,730,829,116	$339,476,276,258
2009	$10,118,459,242	$295,008,835,381
2010	$12,637,273,429	$366,990,417,129
2011	$15,110,643,612	$414,466,676,831
2012	$13,907,464,500	$463,971,018,239
2013	$14,271,738,933	$520,117,180,314
2014	$15,470,088,501	$574,183,763,412
2015	$13,530,748,845	$493,026,682,801
2016	$15,082,637,184	$404,649,125,252
2017	$16,105,155,857	$375,745,731,053
2018	$17,031,943,186	$421,739,251,509
2019	$16,725,908,149	$474,517,490,844
2020	$14,960,251,611	$432,198,898,468
2021	$18,750,182,235	$440,833,635,874
2022	$20,321,150,598	$477,403,400,101
2023	$19,411,266,967	$363,846,332,835
2024	$19,400,774,882	$187,759,703,100

Botswana and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Nigeria
1960	$58.9	$93.1
1961	$62.3	$97.1
1962	$66	$104.5
1963	$68.9	$107.7
1964	$73.5	$113.3
1965	$79.7	$117.3
1966	$89.1	$124.4
1967	$100.9	$99.5
1968	$113.4	$97.3
1969	$131.8	$121.4
1970	$163	$224.5
1971	$212.2	$160.5
1972	$264.2	$209.5
1973	$374	$252.4
1974	$446	$403
1975	$493	$438
1976	$490	$556
1977	$565	$536
1978	$695	$527
1979	$909	$661
1980	$1,132	$870
1981	$1,107	$2,162
1982	$1,006	$1,822
1983	$1,121	$1,207
1984	$1,145	$890
1985	$994	$869
1986	$1,200	$628
1987	$1,639	$588
1988	$2,141	$540
1989	$2,428	$465
1990	$2,903	$556
1991	$2,939	$597
1992	$3,005	$509
1993	$2,929	$540
1994	$2,917	$745
1995	$3,156	$1,272
1996	$3,156	$1,633
1997	$3,194	$1,720
1998	$2,981	$1,822
1999	$3,340	$481
2000	$3,451	$547
2001	$3,206	$566
2002	$3,117	$712
2003	$4,230	$763
2004	$4,957	$962
2005	$5,391	$1,211
2006	$5,292	$1,600
2007	$5,529	$1,816
2008	$5,503	$2,154
2009	$5,083	$1,820
2010	$6,216	$2,202
2011	$7,287	$2,418
2012	$6,596	$2,633
2013	$6,667	$2,873
2014	$7,122	$3,089
2015	$6,141	$2,586
2016	$6,749	$2,070
2017	$7,105	$1,876
2018	$7,408	$2,058
2019	$7,172	$2,265
2020	$6,323	$2,020
2021	$7,808	$2,017
2022	$8,329	$2,139
2023	$7,826	$1,597
2024	$7,695	$807

Botswana vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Nigeria
1950	46.2	35.5
1951	46.6	35.7
1952	47	35.9
1953	47.5	36
1954	48	36.2
1955	48.5	36.3
1956	49	36.5
1957	49.5	36.6
1958	50.1	36.8
1959	50.7	37
1960	51.2	37.2
1961	51.8	37.4
1962	52.3	37.6
1963	52.8	37.8
1964	53.4	38
1965	53.9	38.2
1966	54.4	38.4
1967	54.9	37.5
1968	55.4	38.6
1969	55.9	38.9
1970	56.4	40
1971	57.1	40.6
1972	57.7	41.3
1973	58.3	41.8
1974	58.9	42.5
1975	59.5	43.1
1976	60.2	44.2
1977	60.9	44.8
1978	61.5	45.3
1979	62	45.7
1980	62.5	46
1981	63	46.3
1982	63.4	46.4
1983	63.6	46.4
1984	63.7	46.3
1985	63.6	46.2
1986	63.4	46
1987	62.8	45.9
1988	61.7	45.8
1989	61.2	45.8
1990	60.1	45.7
1991	58.9	45.5
1992	58.2	45.6
1993	57.3	45.8
1994	56	45.7
1995	54.7	45.9
1996	54.3	45.8
1997	53.6	46
1998	53	46.1
1999	52.5	46.6
2000	52.3	47.1
2001	52.2	47.5
2002	52.4	48
2003	52.9	48.6
2004	53.6	49.1
2005	54.4	49.5
2006	55.1	49.9
2007	56.7	50.4
2008	57.7	50.7
2009	58.3	51.1
2010	59.1	51.3
2011	59.7	51.5
2012	60.4	51.7
2013	61.2	51.8
2014	62.2	51.9
2015	63.2	51.9
2016	64.3	52.2
2017	65.4	52.4
2018	66.4	52.7
2019	67.2	53
2020	67.6	53.1
2021	63.3	53.5
2022	68.7	54.1
2023	69.2	54.5
2024	69.3	54.6
2025	69.4	54.8

Botswana and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Nigeria
1960	516,165	45,053,782
1961	527,942	45,989,310
1962	540,186	46,965,292
1963	552,966	47,973,575
1964	566,266	49,012,016
1965	574,664	50,086,764
1966	577,866	51,188,234
1967	580,933	52,293,065
1968	583,966	53,432,783
1969	587,066	54,631,914
1970	590,334	55,893,838
1971	600,481	57,214,684
1972	622,407	58,601,748
1973	652,408	60,082,139
1974	685,448	61,679,144
1975	720,380	63,410,815
1976	758,508	65,258,009
1977	799,574	67,234,590
1978	849,239	69,326,532
1979	901,742	71,498,242
1980	937,485	73,764,641
1981	969,996	76,068,103
1982	1,009,269	78,378,701
1983	1,046,137	80,438,260
1984	1,083,660	82,526,443
1985	1,121,945	84,897,973
1986	1,160,650	87,235,953
1987	1,199,167	89,591,716
1988	1,235,476	92,020,090
1989	1,270,274	94,531,014
1990	1,305,696	97,120,925
1991	1,341,756	99,720,162
1992	1,380,033	102,372,770
1993	1,420,115	105,122,069
1994	1,460,023	107,935,714
1995	1,498,836	110,819,428
1996	1,535,914	113,754,779
1997	1,571,691	116,754,792
1998	1,606,899	119,846,254
1999	1,641,997	123,047,320
2000	1,677,382	126,382,494
2001	1,712,254	129,862,595
2002	1,744,763	133,471,989
2003	1,775,736	137,202,644
2004	1,807,146	141,057,045
2005	1,839,877	145,017,253
2006	1,874,516	149,077,334
2007	1,911,201	153,267,261
2008	1,949,970	157,595,014
2009	1,990,673	162,049,464
2010	2,033,111	166,642,886
2011	2,073,535	171,379,598
2012	2,108,617	176,200,625
2013	2,140,682	181,049,443
2014	2,172,044	185,896,915
2015	2,203,273	190,671,878
2016	2,234,776	195,443,700
2017	2,266,747	200,254,579
2018	2,299,141	204,938,755
2019	2,332,083	209,485,641
2020	2,365,894	213,996,181
2021	2,401,441	218,529,286
2022	2,439,892	223,150,896
2023	2,480,244	227,882,945
2024	2,521,139	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Botswana and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Botswana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Nigeria
1960	6.6	6.36
1961	6.56	6.35
1962	6.54	6.36
1963	6.58	6.35
1964	6.61	6.36
1965	6.6	6.37
1966	6.61	6.39
1967	6.6	6.4
1968	6.58	6.42
1969	6.56	6.44
1970	6.55	6.47
1971	6.54	6.53
1972	6.56	6.58
1973	6.59	6.63
1974	6.61	6.7
1975	6.61	6.77
1976	6.6	6.81
1977	6.54	6.86
1978	6.48	6.92
1979	6.4	6.89
1980	6.29	6.85
1981	6.16	6.82
1982	5.97	6.8
1983	5.79	6.78
1984	5.63	6.7
1985	5.48	6.62
1986	5.33	6.56
1987	5.1	6.5
1988	4.88	6.5
1989	4.67	6.49
1990	4.51	6.46
1991	4.37	6.43
1992	4.26	6.39
1993	4.15	6.35
1994	4.02	6.32
1995	3.79	6.27
1996	3.57	6.22
1997	3.43	6.14
1998	3.36	6.07
1999	3.31	6.08
2000	3.29	6.12
2001	3.25	6.13
2002	3.18	6.12
2003	3.11	6.1
2004	3.06	6.09
2005	3.08	6.06
2006	3.11	6.05
2007	3.13	6.03
2008	3.13	6.02
2009	3.13	5.99
2010	3.14	5.95
2011	3.1	5.89
2012	3.07	5.8
2013	3.05	5.69
2014	3.03	5.62
2015	3.01	5.5
2016	2.99	5.34
2017	2.97	5.18
2018	2.94	5.02
2019	2.91	4.86
2020	2.86	4.7
2021	2.83	4.64
2022	2.79	4.55
2023	2.73	4.48

Botswana and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Nigeria
1960	17.7	19.3
1961	17.4	19.3
1962	17.1	19.3
1963	16.8	19.3
1964	16.6	19.3
1965	16.4	19.3
1966	16.2	19.3
1967	15.9	19.2
1968	15.7	19.2
1969	15.6	19.1
1970	15.4	18.9
1971	15.3	18.8
1972	15.4	18.7
1973	15.6	18.6
1974	15.8	18.5
1975	16	18.4
1976	16.2	18.3
1977	16.4	18.2
1978	16.6	18
1979	16.9	17.9
1980	16.8	17.8
1981	16.8	17.7
1982	16.8	17.6
1983	16.8	17.5
1984	16.8	17.4
1985	16.8	17.3
1986	16.9	17.3
1987	16.9	17.3
1988	17	17.3
1989	17.1	17.3
1990	17.3	17.3
1991	17.4	17.3
1992	17.6	17.4
1993	17.8	17.4
1994	18	17.5
1995	18.3	17.6
1996	18.6	17.6
1997	18.8	17.7
1998	19.1	17.8
1999	19.4	17.9
2000	19.7	17.9
2001	20	17.9
2002	20.3	17.9
2003	20.6	17.9
2004	20.9	17.9
2005	21.2	17.9
2006	21.5	17.9
2007	21.7	17.9
2008	22	17.8
2009	22.2	17.8
2010	22.5	17.8
2011	22.7	17.7
2012	22.8	17.7
2013	22.7	17.7
2014	22.7	17.7
2015	22.7	17.8
2016	22.7	17.8
2017	22.8	17.9
2018	22.9	18
2019	23.1	18.2
2020	23.3	18.3
2021	23.4	18.5
2022	23.6	18.7
2023	23.9	18.8
2024	24.2	19

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