Botswana vs Tanzania statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 47th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Botswana and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Tanzania
1960	$30,411,414	$2,651,729,807
1961	$32,902,613	$2,826,179,031
1962	$35,644,957	$3,101,589,993
1963	$38,091,843	$3,456,579,293
1964	$41,616,348	$3,748,840,925
1965	$45,788,696	$3,817,226,546
1966	$51,465,655	$4,377,998,825
1967	$58,642,354	$4,565,132,048
1968	$66,248,441	$4,895,251,824
1969	$77,361,547	$5,142,066,811
1970	$96,243,234	$2,851,419,386
1971	$127,448,614	$3,050,673,517
1972	$164,460,915	$3,472,787,266
1973	$244,124,164	$4,144,104,535
1974	$306,044,208	$4,977,337,978
1975	$355,168,572	$5,729,917,840
1976	$372,025,093	$6,472,511,988
1977	$451,624,780	$7,732,598,995
1978	$590,407,374	$9,261,675,710
1979	$819,870,259	$9,804,637,491
1980	$1,060,889,704	$11,409,228,087
1981	$1,073,812,830	$13,161,540,378
1982	$1,014,945,696	$13,927,383,240
1983	$1,172,230,397	$14,049,883,809
1984	$1,240,822,167	$12,906,635,133
1985	$1,114,783,343	$15,328,295,175
1986	$1,392,602,164	$10,840,864,521
1987	$1,965,226,890	$7,824,193,222
1988	$2,644,554,159	$7,406,614,407
1989	$3,083,822,112	$6,418,799,007
1990	$3,790,636,324	$6,184,384,225
1991	$3,942,876,703	$7,197,768,159
1992	$4,146,464,587	$6,681,997,469
1993	$4,160,129,175	$6,182,872,708
1994	$4,259,259,604	$6,550,480,484
1995	$4,730,599,122	$7,631,431,840
1996	$4,847,757,218	$9,433,528,150
1997	$5,020,265,627	$11,158,197,942
1998	$4,790,481,509	$12,172,790,056
1999	$5,484,263,347	$12,704,334,196
2000	$5,788,329,609	$13,371,767,082
2001	$5,489,608,300	$13,563,990,022
2002	$5,438,863,983	$14,129,651,896
2003	$7,511,582,173	$15,211,487,709
2004	$8,957,467,707	$16,673,062,473
2005	$9,918,907,108	$18,395,383,647
2006	$9,919,158,482	$18,619,859,795
2007	$10,567,270,656	$21,860,434,823
2008	$10,730,829,116	$27,947,821,398
2009	$10,118,459,242	$29,400,573,554
2010	$12,637,273,429	$32,012,892,919
2011	$15,110,643,612	$34,657,140,096
2012	$13,907,464,500	$39,650,394,363
2013	$14,271,738,933	$45,648,857,242
2014	$15,470,088,501	$49,986,726,461
2015	$13,530,748,845	$47,413,919,817
2016	$15,082,637,184	$49,774,409,374
2017	$16,105,155,857	$53,274,884,533
2018	$17,031,943,186	$57,003,712,892
2019	$16,725,908,149	$61,026,731,926
2020	$14,960,251,611	$66,068,737,786
2021	$18,750,182,235	$70,655,628,148
2022	$20,321,150,598	$75,769,974,505
2023	$19,411,266,967	$79,062,403,837
2024	$19,400,774,882	$78,779,864,877

Botswana and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Tanzania
1960	$58.9	$267.8
1961	$62.3	$277.4
1962	$66	$295.7
1963	$68.9	$320
1964	$73.5	$337
1965	$79.7	$333
1966	$89.1	$370
1967	$100.9	$374
1968	$113.4	$388
1969	$131.8	$394
1970	$163	$211.3
1971	$212.2	$218.4
1972	$264.2	$239.8
1973	$374	$276.1
1974	$446	$320
1975	$493	$355
1976	$490	$387
1977	$565	$446
1978	$695	$515
1979	$909	$527
1980	$1,132	$595
1981	$1,107	$665
1982	$1,006	$683
1983	$1,121	$667
1984	$1,145	$593
1985	$994	$681
1986	$1,200	$466
1987	$1,639	$326
1988	$2,141	$299
1989	$2,428	$252.3
1990	$2,903	$236.9
1991	$2,939	$268.8
1992	$3,005	$243.4
1993	$2,929	$218.2
1994	$2,917	$222.5
1995	$3,156	$251.2
1996	$3,156	$305
1997	$3,194	$353
1998	$2,981	$375
1999	$3,340	$382
2000	$3,451	$390
2001	$3,206	$385
2002	$3,117	$391
2003	$4,230	$410
2004	$4,957	$438
2005	$5,391	$469
2006	$5,292	$462
2007	$5,529	$528
2008	$5,503	$657
2009	$5,083	$674
2010	$6,216	$715
2011	$7,287	$753
2012	$6,596	$837
2013	$6,667	$935
2014	$7,122	$993
2015	$6,141	$911
2016	$6,749	$925
2017	$7,105	$957
2018	$7,408	$992
2019	$7,172	$1,031
2020	$6,323	$1,084
2021	$7,808	$1,125
2022	$8,329	$1,171
2023	$7,826	$1,187
2024	$7,695	$1,149

Botswana vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Tanzania
1950	46.2	41
1951	46.6	41.2
1952	47	41.4
1953	47.5	41.5
1954	48	41.7
1955	48.5	41.8
1956	49	42
1957	49.5	42.1
1958	50.1	42.3
1959	50.7	42.5
1960	51.2	42.6
1961	51.8	42.8
1962	52.3	43.2
1963	52.8	43.6
1964	53.4	44.1
1965	53.9	44.5
1966	54.4	44.9
1967	54.9	45.2
1968	55.4	45.6
1969	55.9	46
1970	56.4	46.5
1971	57.1	47
1972	57.7	47.4
1973	58.3	47.9
1974	58.9	48.4
1975	59.5	48.9
1976	60.2	49.5
1977	60.9	50
1978	61.5	50.4
1979	62	50.8
1980	62.5	51.3
1981	63	51.7
1982	63.4	52
1983	63.6	52.2
1984	63.7	52.2
1985	63.6	52.2
1986	63.4	52.2
1987	62.8	52.2
1988	61.7	52.2
1989	61.2	52.1
1990	60.1	52
1991	58.9	51.8
1992	58.2	51.4
1993	57.3	51.2
1994	56	51.1
1995	54.7	51
1996	54.3	51.1
1997	53.6	51.2
1998	53	51.8
1999	52.5	52.4
2000	52.3	53.2
2001	52.2	54.1
2002	52.4	54.9
2003	52.9	55.9
2004	53.6	56.8
2005	54.4	57.7
2006	55.1	58.5
2007	56.7	59.3
2008	57.7	59.9
2009	58.3	60.5
2010	59.1	61.1
2011	59.7	61.6
2012	60.4	62.3
2013	61.2	62.8
2014	62.2	63.4
2015	63.2	63.9
2016	64.3	64.4
2017	65.4	65
2018	66.4	65.5
2019	67.2	66
2020	67.6	66.8
2021	63.3	66.1
2022	68.7	66.9
2023	69.2	67
2024	69.3	67.2
2025	69.4	67.4

Botswana and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Tanzania
1960	516,165	9,901,419
1961	527,942	10,187,886
1962	540,186	10,487,756
1963	552,966	10,799,528
1964	566,266	11,127,826
1965	574,664	11,470,728
1966	577,866	11,827,459
1967	580,933	12,200,109
1968	583,966	12,602,076
1969	587,066	13,036,700
1970	590,334	13,492,677
1971	600,481	13,971,451
1972	622,407	14,479,308
1973	652,408	15,010,101
1974	685,448	15,561,630
1975	720,380	16,138,361
1976	758,508	16,736,211
1977	799,574	17,352,929
1978	849,239	17,976,566
1979	901,742	18,592,038
1980	937,485	19,189,769
1981	969,996	19,784,703
1982	1,009,269	20,398,571
1983	1,046,137	21,079,874
1984	1,083,660	21,779,066
1985	1,121,945	22,501,693
1986	1,160,650	23,258,959
1987	1,199,167	24,030,378
1988	1,235,476	24,769,686
1989	1,270,274	25,438,759
1990	1,305,696	26,110,207
1991	1,341,756	26,780,436
1992	1,380,033	27,457,588
1993	1,420,115	28,332,692
1994	1,460,023	29,442,356
1995	1,498,836	30,383,497
1996	1,535,914	30,945,762
1997	1,571,691	31,578,089
1998	1,606,899	32,420,458
1999	1,641,997	33,300,330
2000	1,677,382	34,260,139
2001	1,712,254	35,198,299
2002	1,744,763	36,121,304
2003	1,775,736	37,089,555
2004	1,807,146	38,109,668
2005	1,839,877	39,182,076
2006	1,874,516	40,294,902
2007	1,911,201	41,435,512
2008	1,949,970	42,570,728
2009	1,990,673	43,633,982
2010	2,033,111	44,758,488
2011	2,073,535	46,029,367
2012	2,108,617	47,374,260
2013	2,140,682	48,824,128
2014	2,172,044	50,351,512
2015	2,203,273	52,020,962
2016	2,234,776	53,824,013
2017	2,266,747	55,652,890
2018	2,299,141	57,437,145
2019	2,332,083	59,174,891
2020	2,365,894	60,972,798
2021	2,401,441	62,830,412
2022	2,439,892	64,711,821
2023	2,480,244	66,617,606
2024	2,521,139	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Botswana and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Botswana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Tanzania
1960	6.6	6.54
1961	6.56	6.56
1962	6.54	6.61
1963	6.58	6.65
1964	6.61	6.68
1965	6.6	6.73
1966	6.61	6.8
1967	6.6	6.86
1968	6.58	6.9
1969	6.56	6.95
1970	6.55	7
1971	6.54	7.04
1972	6.56	7.05
1973	6.59	7.06
1974	6.61	7.12
1975	6.61	7.1
1976	6.6	7.09
1977	6.54	7.07
1978	6.48	7.06
1979	6.4	7.04
1980	6.29	6.99
1981	6.16	6.93
1982	5.97	6.87
1983	5.79	6.81
1984	5.63	6.72
1985	5.48	6.6
1986	5.33	6.49
1987	5.1	6.41
1988	4.88	6.38
1989	4.67	6.3
1990	4.51	6.2
1991	4.37	6.14
1992	4.26	6.08
1993	4.15	6
1994	4.02	5.89
1995	3.79	5.82
1996	3.57	5.83
1997	3.43	5.84
1998	3.36	5.81
1999	3.31	5.75
2000	3.29	5.67
2001	3.25	5.62
2002	3.18	5.57
2003	3.11	5.58
2004	3.06	5.6
2005	3.08	5.58
2006	3.11	5.51
2007	3.13	5.4
2008	3.13	5.32
2009	3.13	5.26
2010	3.14	5.23
2011	3.1	5.14
2012	3.07	5.14
2013	3.05	5.16
2014	3.03	5.12
2015	3.01	5.03
2016	2.99	5.01
2017	2.97	4.99
2018	2.94	4.93
2019	2.91	4.87
2020	2.86	4.8
2021	2.83	4.73
2022	2.79	4.67
2023	2.73	4.61

Botswana and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Tanzania
1960	17.7	17.4
1961	17.4	17.4
1962	17.1	17.4
1963	16.8	17.4
1964	16.6	17.4
1965	16.4	17.3
1966	16.2	17.2
1967	15.9	17.2
1968	15.7	17.1
1969	15.6	17.1
1970	15.4	17.1
1971	15.3	17
1972	15.4	17
1973	15.6	17
1974	15.8	16.9
1975	16	16.9
1976	16.2	16.8
1977	16.4	16.8
1978	16.6	16.7
1979	16.9	16.6
1980	16.8	16.5
1981	16.8	16.4
1982	16.8	16.3
1983	16.8	16.2
1984	16.8	16.2
1985	16.8	16.3
1986	16.9	16.4
1987	16.9	16.5
1988	17	16.6
1989	17.1	16.6
1990	17.3	16.7
1991	17.4	16.7
1992	17.6	16.8
1993	17.8	17
1994	18	17.3
1995	18.3	17.4
1996	18.6	17.4
1997	18.8	17.3
1998	19.1	17.3
1999	19.4	17.4
2000	19.7	17.4
2001	20	17.5
2002	20.3	17.5
2003	20.6	17.4
2004	20.9	17.4
2005	21.2	17.4
2006	21.5	17.4
2007	21.7	17.3
2008	22	17.3
2009	22.2	17.2
2010	22.5	17.2
2011	22.7	17.2
2012	22.8	17.3
2013	22.7	17.3
2014	22.7	17.4
2015	22.7	17.5
2016	22.7	17.6
2017	22.8	17.8
2018	22.9	17.9
2019	23.1	17.9
2020	23.3	18
2021	23.4	18.1
2022	23.6	18.2
2023	23.9	18.3
2024	24.2	18.4

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