Botswana vs Somalia statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 47th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Botswana and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Somalia
1960	$30,411,414	$180,459,937
1961	$32,902,613	$191,659,914
1962	$35,644,957	$203,531,928
1963	$38,091,843	$216,145,936
1964	$41,616,348	$229,529,913
1965	$45,788,696	$243,725,898
1966	$51,465,655	$257,375,897
1967	$58,642,354	$271,781,887
1968	$66,248,441	$286,719,885
1969	$77,361,547	$306,357,285
1970	$96,243,234	$347,985,394
1971	$127,448,614	$347,039,446
1972	$164,460,915	$447,883,941
1973	$244,124,164	$483,699,611
1974	$306,044,208	$572,504,036
1975	$355,168,572	$757,015,879
1976	$372,025,093	$871,344,245
1977	$451,624,780	$498,550,725
1978	$590,407,374	$564,571,823
1979	$819,870,259	$589,566,929
1980	$1,060,889,704	$602,515,548
1981	$1,073,812,830	$699,302,473
1982	$1,014,945,696	$774,578,932
1983	$1,172,230,397	$735,408,642
1984	$1,240,822,167	$787,434,542
1985	$1,114,783,343	$875,702,247
1986	$1,392,602,164	$916,590,786
1987	$1,965,226,890	$1,018,972,664
1988	$2,644,554,159	$1,051,596,967
1989	$3,083,822,112	$1,181,360,844
1990	$3,790,636,324	$1,031,282,081
1991	$3,942,876,703	$717,974,930
1992	$4,146,464,587	$709,297,579
1993	$4,160,129,175	$1,260,132,956
1994	$4,259,259,604	$1,481,205,098
1995	$4,730,599,122	$1,534,756,135
1996	$4,847,757,218	$1,792,234,297
1997	$5,020,265,627	$2,191,749,014
1998	$4,790,481,509	$2,962,047,564
1999	$5,484,263,347	$3,045,751,528
2000	$5,788,329,609	$3,412,797,450
2001	$5,489,608,300	$2,252,847,465
2002	$5,438,863,983	$2,192,684,135
2003	$7,511,582,173	$2,836,724,352
2004	$8,957,467,707	$3,859,592,813
2005	$9,918,907,108	$4,683,246,454
2006	$9,919,158,482	$5,026,743,282
2007	$10,567,270,656	$5,430,713,729
2008	$10,730,829,116	$5,913,620,293
2009	$10,118,459,242	$2,948,594,552
2010	$12,637,273,429	$2,687,807,004
2011	$15,110,643,612	$2,906,000,097
2012	$13,907,464,500	$4,364,670,160
2013	$14,271,738,933	$5,062,881,600
2014	$15,470,088,501	$5,728,399,720
2015	$13,530,748,845	$6,152,149,100
2016	$15,082,637,184	$6,613,743,070
2017	$16,105,155,857	$7,621,501,710
2018	$17,031,943,186	$7,873,440,830
2019	$16,725,908,149	$8,655,023,960
2020	$14,960,251,611	$8,628,393,720
2021	$18,750,182,235	$9,483,997,390
2022	$20,321,150,598	$10,202,767,270
2023	$19,411,266,967	$10,968,517,090
2024	$19,400,774,882	$12,108,515,110

Botswana and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Somalia
1960	$58.9	$62.7
1961	$62.3	$64.9
1962	$66	$67.2
1963	$68.9	$69.5
1964	$73.5	$71.9
1965	$79.7	$74.4
1966	$89.1	$76.5
1967	$100.9	$78.7
1968	$113.4	$80.8
1969	$131.8	$84.1
1970	$163	$93.1
1971	$212.2	$90.4
1972	$264.2	$113.7
1973	$374	$119.6
1974	$446	$137.9
1975	$493	$177.8
1976	$490	$199.6
1977	$565	$111.2
1978	$695	$117.3
1979	$909	$108.2
1980	$1,132	$101.5
1981	$1,107	$116.9
1982	$1,006	$129
1983	$1,121	$118.6
1984	$1,145	$122.5
1985	$994	$130.8
1986	$1,200	$131.4
1987	$1,639	$141
1988	$2,141	$145.3
1989	$2,428	$166
1990	$2,903	$145.6
1991	$2,939	$105.4
1992	$3,005	$109.2
1993	$2,929	$188.6
1994	$2,917	$210.8
1995	$3,156	$210.7
1996	$3,156	$237.2
1997	$3,194	$280.1
1998	$2,981	$363
1999	$3,340	$359
2000	$3,451	$386
2001	$3,206	$244.9
2002	$3,117	$229.6
2003	$4,230	$286.3
2004	$4,957	$375
2005	$5,391	$440
2006	$5,292	$458
2007	$5,529	$480
2008	$5,503	$507
2009	$5,083	$246.5
2010	$6,216	$219.2
2011	$7,287	$235.3
2012	$6,596	$350
2013	$6,667	$393
2014	$7,122	$429
2015	$6,141	$446
2016	$6,749	$461
2017	$7,105	$511
2018	$7,408	$510
2019	$7,172	$540
2020	$6,323	$518
2021	$7,808	$549
2022	$8,329	$573
2023	$7,826	$597
2024	$7,695	$637

Botswana vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Somalia
1950	46.2	41.5
1951	46.6	41.7
1952	47	41.9
1953	47.5	42.1
1954	48	42.3
1955	48.5	42.5
1956	49	42.7
1957	49.5	42.9
1958	50.1	43.1
1959	50.7	43.3
1960	51.2	43.5
1961	51.8	43.7
1962	52.3	44
1963	52.8	44.2
1964	53.4	44.4
1965	53.9	44.6
1966	54.4	44.8
1967	54.9	45.1
1968	55.4	45.3
1969	55.9	45.5
1970	56.4	45.6
1971	57.1	45.8
1972	57.7	46
1973	58.3	46.2
1974	58.9	44.3
1975	59.5	44.5
1976	60.2	44.7
1977	60.9	47
1978	61.5	47
1979	62	47.4
1980	62.5	47.6
1981	63	47.8
1982	63.4	48
1983	63.6	48.2
1984	63.7	48.4
1985	63.6	48.3
1986	63.4	48.4
1987	62.8	49
1988	61.7	43.9
1989	61.2	46.6
1990	60.1	46.9
1991	58.9	25.4
1992	58.2	25
1993	57.3	50.6
1994	56	50.3
1995	54.7	50.6
1996	54.3	50.5
1997	53.6	50.3
1998	53	50.8
1999	52.5	50.6
2000	52.3	50.7
2001	52.2	50.8
2002	52.4	50.8
2003	52.9	50.7
2004	53.6	50.7
2005	54.4	50.9
2006	55.1	50.9
2007	56.7	50.9
2008	57.7	51.5
2009	58.3	52.1
2010	59.1	48.9
2011	59.7	32.5
2012	60.4	49.1
2013	61.2	54
2014	62.2	54.4
2015	63.2	55.1
2016	64.3	55.3
2017	65.4	52.2
2018	66.4	54.8
2019	67.2	57.2
2020	67.6	57.1
2021	63.3	55.7
2022	68.7	53.9
2023	69.2	58.8
2024	69.3	59
2025	69.4	59.1

Botswana and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Somalia
1960	516,165	2,876,331
1961	527,942	2,952,054
1962	540,186	3,030,091
1963	552,966	3,110,361
1964	566,266	3,192,796
1965	574,664	3,277,874
1966	577,866	3,365,106
1967	580,933	3,454,537
1968	583,966	3,546,590
1969	587,066	3,641,015
1970	590,334	3,738,448
1971	600,481	3,837,691
1972	622,407	3,939,436
1973	652,408	4,045,592
1974	685,448	4,151,842
1975	720,380	4,257,535
1976	758,508	4,365,812
1977	799,574	4,484,050
1978	849,239	4,814,892
1979	901,742	5,449,117
1980	937,485	5,936,154
1981	969,996	5,982,849
1982	1,009,269	6,003,840
1983	1,046,137	6,198,430
1984	1,083,660	6,428,389
1985	1,121,945	6,693,289
1986	1,160,650	6,974,788
1987	1,199,167	7,228,302
1988	1,235,476	7,235,360
1989	1,270,274	7,114,817
1990	1,305,696	7,082,811
1991	1,341,756	6,813,760
1992	1,380,033	6,495,107
1993	1,420,115	6,681,399
1994	1,460,023	7,026,797
1995	1,498,836	7,285,007
1996	1,535,914	7,554,474
1997	1,571,691	7,824,525
1998	1,606,899	8,155,417
1999	1,641,997	8,492,059
2000	1,677,382	8,838,713
2001	1,712,254	9,198,493
2002	1,744,763	9,550,063
2003	1,775,736	9,909,157
2004	1,807,146	10,280,998
2005	1,839,877	10,644,228
2006	1,874,516	10,975,502
2007	1,911,201	11,322,582
2008	1,949,970	11,663,084
2009	1,990,673	11,961,201
2010	2,033,111	12,261,756
2011	2,073,535	12,348,830
2012	2,108,617	12,461,160
2013	2,140,682	12,869,594
2014	2,172,044	13,339,491
2015	2,203,273	13,806,963
2016	2,234,776	14,348,740
2017	2,266,747	14,916,629
2018	2,299,141	15,452,487
2019	2,332,083	16,030,971
2020	2,365,894	16,651,191
2021	2,401,441	17,271,431
2022	2,439,892	17,801,897
2023	2,480,244	18,358,615
2024	2,521,139	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Botswana and Somalia

Fertility rate

Botswana

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Somalia
1960	6.6	7.25
1961	6.56	7.25
1962	6.54	7.26
1963	6.58	7.26
1964	6.61	7.26
1965	6.6	7.26
1966	6.61	7.26
1967	6.6	7.25
1968	6.58	7.23
1969	6.56	7.21
1970	6.55	7.18
1971	6.54	7.15
1972	6.56	7.12
1973	6.59	7.09
1974	6.61	7.06
1975	6.61	7.03
1976	6.6	7.02
1977	6.54	7
1978	6.48	7.13
1979	6.4	7.16
1980	6.29	7.18
1981	6.16	7.23
1982	5.97	7.25
1983	5.79	7.28
1984	5.63	7.3
1985	5.48	7.33
1986	5.33	7.35
1987	5.1	7.37
1988	4.88	7.4
1989	4.67	7.42
1990	4.51	7.44
1991	4.37	7.47
1992	4.26	7.5
1993	4.15	7.53
1994	4.02	7.54
1995	3.79	7.58
1996	3.57	7.62
1997	3.43	7.66
1998	3.36	7.66
1999	3.31	7.66
2000	3.29	7.65
2001	3.25	7.64
2002	3.18	7.63
2003	3.11	7.6
2004	3.06	7.57
2005	3.08	7.53
2006	3.11	7.49
2007	3.13	7.46
2008	3.13	7.42
2009	3.13	7.38
2010	3.14	7.32
2011	3.1	7.27
2012	3.07	7.21
2013	3.05	7.14
2014	3.03	7.06
2015	3.01	6.98
2016	2.99	6.88
2017	2.97	6.77
2018	2.94	6.66
2019	2.91	6.56
2020	2.86	6.45
2021	2.83	6.35
2022	2.79	6.26
2023	2.73	6.13

Botswana and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Somalia
1960	17.7	18.1
1961	17.4	17.9
1962	17.1	17.8
1963	16.8	17.7
1964	16.6	17.6
1965	16.4	17.5
1966	16.2	17.5
1967	15.9	17.5
1968	15.7	17.5
1969	15.6	17.5
1970	15.4	17.5
1971	15.3	17.6
1972	15.4	17.6
1973	15.6	17.6
1974	15.8	17.7
1975	16	17.7
1976	16.2	17.7
1977	16.4	17.7
1978	16.6	17.7
1979	16.9	17.6
1980	16.8	17.6
1981	16.8	17.5
1982	16.8	17.4
1983	16.8	17.4
1984	16.8	17.3
1985	16.8	17.2
1986	16.9	17.1
1987	16.9	17
1988	17	16.8
1989	17.1	16.7
1990	17.3	16.5
1991	17.4	16.5
1992	17.6	16.7
1993	17.8	16.8
1994	18	16.7
1995	18.3	16.6
1996	18.6	16.5
1997	18.8	16.4
1998	19.1	16.4
1999	19.4	16.3
2000	19.7	16.3
2001	20	16.2
2002	20.3	16.2
2003	20.6	16.1
2004	20.9	16
2005	21.2	15.9
2006	21.5	15.7
2007	21.7	15.6
2008	22	15.6
2009	22.2	15.6
2010	22.5	15.7
2011	22.7	15.8
2012	22.8	16
2013	22.7	16
2014	22.7	16
2015	22.7	16.1
2016	22.7	16.1
2017	22.8	16.2
2018	22.9	16.2
2019	23.1	16.3
2020	23.3	16.3
2021	23.4	16.4
2022	23.6	16.5
2023	23.9	16.5
2024	24.2	16.6

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