Botswana vs Thailand statistics compared

Botswana has a population of 2.52M (ranked 143/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Botswana's land area is 218,816 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 47th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Botswana ranks 133/197 ($19.4B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Botswana ranks 98/197 ($7,695), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Botswana and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Botswana and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Botswana

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	$30,411,414	$2,760,750,861
1961	$32,902,613	$3,034,037,811
1962	$35,644,957	$3,308,912,797
1963	$38,091,843	$3,540,403,457
1964	$41,616,348	$3,889,129,942
1965	$45,788,696	$4,388,937,649
1966	$51,465,655	$5,279,230,817
1967	$58,642,354	$5,638,461,442
1968	$66,248,441	$6,081,009,428
1969	$77,361,547	$6,695,336,567
1970	$96,243,234	$7,086,538,438
1971	$127,448,614	$7,375,000,024
1972	$164,460,915	$8,177,873,151
1973	$244,124,164	$10,838,587,358
1974	$306,044,208	$13,702,998,512
1975	$355,168,572	$14,882,770,594
1976	$372,025,093	$16,985,208,648
1977	$451,624,780	$19,779,312,261
1978	$590,407,374	$24,006,566,637
1979	$819,870,259	$27,371,650,825
1980	$1,060,889,704	$32,353,514,989
1981	$1,073,812,830	$34,846,039,194
1982	$1,014,945,696	$36,589,772,404
1983	$1,172,230,397	$40,042,798,388
1984	$1,240,822,167	$41,797,647,776
1985	$1,114,783,343	$38,900,711,333
1986	$1,392,602,164	$43,096,773,981
1987	$1,965,226,890	$50,535,446,555
1988	$2,644,554,159	$61,667,253,471
1989	$3,083,822,112	$72,250,748,100
1990	$3,790,636,324	$85,343,190,719
1991	$3,942,876,703	$98,234,714,971
1992	$4,146,464,587	$111,452,746,518
1993	$4,160,129,175	$128,889,262,951
1994	$4,259,259,604	$146,683,778,959
1995	$4,730,599,122	$169,278,916,593
1996	$4,847,757,218	$183,035,237,429
1997	$5,020,265,627	$150,180,456,566
1998	$4,790,481,509	$113,675,596,788
1999	$5,484,263,347	$126,669,211,779
2000	$5,788,329,609	$126,392,224,254
2001	$5,489,608,300	$120,296,476,180
2002	$5,438,863,983	$134,300,904,400
2003	$7,511,582,173	$152,280,615,246
2004	$8,957,467,707	$172,895,685,155
2005	$9,918,907,108	$189,318,408,469
2006	$9,919,158,482	$221,758,296,022
2007	$10,567,270,656	$262,942,621,455
2008	$10,730,829,116	$291,382,982,431
2009	$10,118,459,242	$281,710,630,187
2010	$12,637,273,429	$341,104,766,329
2011	$15,110,643,612	$370,818,739,624
2012	$13,907,464,500	$397,558,325,279
2013	$14,271,738,933	$420,333,654,593
2014	$15,470,088,501	$407,339,040,198
2015	$13,530,748,845	$401,296,238,228
2016	$15,082,637,184	$413,366,349,748
2017	$16,105,155,857	$456,356,813,537
2018	$17,031,943,186	$506,754,208,404
2019	$16,725,908,149	$543,976,691,794
2020	$14,960,251,611	$500,461,898,480
2021	$18,750,182,235	$506,194,668,790
2022	$20,321,150,598	$495,644,697,588
2023	$19,411,266,967	$515,906,283,941
2024	$19,400,774,882	$526,411,265,428

Botswana and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Botswana

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	$58.9	$102.8
1961	$62.3	$109.7
1962	$66	$116.2
1963	$68.9	$120.7
1964	$73.5	$128.6
1965	$79.7	$140.9
1966	$89.1	$164.5
1967	$100.9	$170.7
1968	$113.4	$178.8
1969	$131.8	$191.4
1970	$163	$197.1
1971	$212.2	$199.7
1972	$264.2	$215.6
1973	$374	$278.3
1974	$446	$343
1975	$493	$364
1976	$490	$405
1977	$565	$462
1978	$695	$548
1979	$909	$612
1980	$1,132	$709
1981	$1,107	$748
1982	$1,006	$770
1983	$1,121	$827
1984	$1,145	$847
1985	$994	$774
1986	$1,200	$842
1987	$1,639	$970
1988	$2,141	$1,164
1989	$2,428	$1,342
1990	$2,903	$1,559
1991	$2,939	$1,766
1992	$3,005	$1,972
1993	$2,929	$2,245
1994	$2,917	$2,518
1995	$3,156	$2,864
1996	$3,156	$3,055
1997	$3,194	$2,473
1998	$2,981	$1,848
1999	$3,340	$2,033
2000	$3,451	$2,006
2001	$3,206	$1,890
2002	$3,117	$2,090
2003	$4,230	$2,348
2004	$4,957	$2,642
2005	$5,391	$2,868
2006	$5,292	$3,331
2007	$5,529	$3,919
2008	$5,503	$4,309
2009	$5,083	$4,135
2010	$6,216	$4,974
2011	$7,287	$5,374
2012	$6,596	$5,726
2013	$6,667	$6,018
2014	$7,122	$5,801
2015	$6,141	$5,689
2016	$6,749	$5,834
2017	$7,105	$6,413
2018	$7,408	$7,100
2019	$7,172	$7,606
2020	$6,323	$6,986
2021	$7,808	$7,057
2022	$8,329	$6,909
2023	$7,826	$7,195
2024	$7,695	$7,345

Botswana vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Botswana

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Botswana	Thailand
1950	46.2	45.2
1951	46.6	45.9
1952	47	46.5
1953	47.5	47.1
1954	48	47.6
1955	48.5	48.1
1956	49	48.6
1957	49.5	49.1
1958	50.1	49.5
1959	50.7	50.1
1960	51.2	50.6
1961	51.8	51.1
1962	52.3	51.4
1963	52.8	52
1964	53.4	52.5
1965	53.9	53.1
1966	54.4	53.7
1967	54.9	54.3
1968	55.4	55
1969	55.9	55.7
1970	56.4	56.5
1971	57.1	57.1
1972	57.7	57.7
1973	58.3	58.3
1974	58.9	59
1975	59.5	59.7
1976	60.2	60.4
1977	60.9	60.9
1978	61.5	61.3
1979	62	61.7
1980	62.5	62.2
1981	63	62.9
1982	63.4	63.6
1983	63.6	64.5
1984	63.7	65.5
1985	63.6	66.5
1986	63.4	67.3
1987	62.8	67.8
1988	61.7	68.2
1989	61.2	68.6
1990	60.1	68.9
1991	58.9	69.1
1992	58.2	69.4
1993	57.3	69.6
1994	56	69.7
1995	54.7	69.8
1996	54.3	69.9
1997	53.6	70.4
1998	53	70.7
1999	52.5	71
2000	52.3	71.2
2001	52.2	71.5
2002	52.4	71.8
2003	52.9	72.1
2004	53.6	72.1
2005	54.4	72.9
2006	55.1	73.3
2007	56.7	73.8
2008	57.7	74.2
2009	58.3	74.7
2010	59.1	75
2011	59.7	75.3
2012	60.4	75.6
2013	61.2	76
2014	62.2	76.3
2015	63.2	76.6
2016	64.3	76.8
2017	65.4	77
2018	66.4	77.2
2019	67.2	77.2
2020	67.6	77.3
2021	63.3	77.6
2022	68.7	75.3
2023	69.2	76.4
2024	69.3	76.6
2025	69.4	76.8

Botswana and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Botswana

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	516,165	26,851,747
1961	527,942	27,650,334
1962	540,186	28,481,040
1963	552,966	29,342,322
1964	566,266	30,232,141
1965	574,664	31,149,337
1966	577,866	32,086,071
1967	580,933	33,037,801
1968	583,966	34,002,560
1969	587,066	34,973,782
1970	590,334	35,954,408
1971	600,481	36,937,387
1972	622,407	37,933,929
1973	652,408	38,947,787
1974	685,448	39,952,891
1975	720,380	40,940,005
1976	758,508	41,896,504
1977	799,574	42,843,974
1978	849,239	43,788,976
1979	901,742	44,718,434
1980	937,485	45,650,022
1981	969,996	46,575,855
1982	1,009,269	47,494,577
1983	1,046,137	48,423,309
1984	1,083,660	49,351,708
1985	1,121,945	50,270,753
1986	1,160,650	51,177,834
1987	1,199,167	52,074,105
1988	1,235,476	52,969,595
1989	1,270,274	53,848,956
1990	1,305,696	54,738,329
1991	1,341,756	55,637,434
1992	1,380,033	56,528,834
1993	1,420,115	57,408,198
1994	1,460,023	58,260,854
1995	1,498,836	59,098,232
1996	1,535,914	59,920,064
1997	1,571,691	60,724,584
1998	1,606,899	61,522,630
1999	1,641,997	62,299,043
2000	1,677,382	63,007,815
2001	1,712,254	63,651,141
2002	1,744,763	64,266,437
2003	1,775,736	64,868,166
2004	1,807,146	65,452,047
2005	1,839,877	66,017,420
2006	1,874,516	66,567,687
2007	1,911,201	67,102,394
2008	1,949,970	67,619,830
2009	1,990,673	68,121,080
2010	2,033,111	68,579,447
2011	2,073,535	69,007,208
2012	2,108,617	69,436,098
2013	2,140,682	69,845,114
2014	2,172,044	70,216,367
2015	2,203,273	70,540,795
2016	2,234,776	70,859,841
2017	2,266,747	71,160,187
2018	2,299,141	71,376,079
2019	2,332,083	71,522,271
2020	2,365,894	71,641,484
2021	2,401,441	71,727,332
2022	2,439,892	71,735,329
2023	2,480,244	71,702,435
2024	2,521,139	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Botswana and Thailand

Fertility rate

Botswana

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	6.6	6.33
1961	6.56	6.32
1962	6.54	6.33
1963	6.58	6.34
1964	6.61	6.31
1965	6.6	6.26
1966	6.61	6.18
1967	6.6	6.08
1968	6.58	5.93
1969	6.56	5.7
1970	6.55	5.45
1971	6.54	5.25
1972	6.56	5.08
1973	6.59	4.85
1974	6.61	4.6
1975	6.61	4.36
1976	6.6	4.12
1977	6.54	3.87
1978	6.48	3.62
1979	6.4	3.45
1980	6.29	3.29
1981	6.16	3.13
1982	5.97	2.94
1983	5.79	2.76
1984	5.63	2.58
1985	5.48	2.45
1986	5.33	2.36
1987	5.1	2.26
1988	4.88	2.17
1989	4.67	2.14
1990	4.51	2.07
1991	4.37	2.04
1992	4.26	2.01
1993	4.15	1.97
1994	4.02	1.93
1995	3.79	1.89
1996	3.57	1.87
1997	3.43	1.85
1998	3.36	1.82
1999	3.31	1.77
2000	3.29	1.73
2001	3.25	1.71
2002	3.18	1.69
2003	3.11	1.67
2004	3.06	1.67
2005	3.08	1.64
2006	3.11	1.63
2007	3.13	1.62
2008	3.13	1.59
2009	3.13	1.57
2010	3.14	1.56
2011	3.1	1.57
2012	3.07	1.56
2013	3.05	1.53
2014	3.03	1.48
2015	3.01	1.45
2016	2.99	1.4
2017	2.97	1.36
2018	2.94	1.32
2019	2.91	1.29
2020	2.86	1.26
2021	2.83	1.23
2022	2.79	1.22
2023	2.73	1.21

Botswana and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Botswana

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Botswana	Thailand
1960	17.7	18
1961	17.4	17.9
1962	17.1	17.7
1963	16.8	17.6
1964	16.6	17.5
1965	16.4	17.4
1966	16.2	17.3
1967	15.9	17.3
1968	15.7	17.3
1969	15.6	17.4
1970	15.4	17.5
1971	15.3	17.6
1972	15.4	17.8
1973	15.6	18
1974	15.8	18.2
1975	16	18.4
1976	16.2	18.7
1977	16.4	18.9
1978	16.6	19.2
1979	16.9	19.5
1980	16.8	19.9
1981	16.8	20.2
1982	16.8	20.6
1983	16.8	21
1984	16.8	21.5
1985	16.8	21.9
1986	16.9	22.4
1987	16.9	22.8
1988	17	23.3
1989	17.1	23.7
1990	17.3	24.3
1991	17.4	24.8
1992	17.6	25.4
1993	17.8	26
1994	18	26.6
1995	18.3	27.2
1996	18.6	27.7
1997	18.8	28.3
1998	19.1	28.9
1999	19.4	29.5
2000	19.7	30
2001	20	30.5
2002	20.3	30.9
2003	20.6	31.3
2004	20.9	31.7
2005	21.2	32.2
2006	21.5	32.6
2007	21.7	33.1
2008	22	33.6
2009	22.2	34
2010	22.5	34.5
2011	22.7	35
2012	22.8	35.4
2013	22.7	35.9
2014	22.7	36.3
2015	22.7	36.8
2016	22.7	37.3
2017	22.8	37.7
2018	22.9	38.2
2019	23.1	38.7
2020	23.3	39.2
2021	23.4	39.7
2022	23.6	40.2
2023	23.9	40.7
2024	24.2	41.1

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