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Population in Algeria compared to Botswana: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 2,521,139 people in Botswana in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 2,595,266 in Botswana.

Population statistics:

  • Algeria's population is 18.5 times bigger than Botswana's.
  • Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Botswana is the 143rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.03% for Botswana.
  • For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +1.5% in Botswana.
  • Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Botswana has grown from 1.84M to 2.6M (41.1% growth).
  • Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 3.89M people in 2088 for Botswana.

Algeria vs Botswana: live population counter

Algeria Botswana
Current population
47911682
2595266
Population rank 33/197 143/197
Percent of world population 0.58% 0.03%
One net population change
48.5 seconds
12.9 minutes
One birth every
34.8 seconds
8.58 minutes
One death every
2.45 minutes
37 minutes
One migration net change every
16.8 minutes
1.52 hours
Annual migration change -31,240 -5,778
Daily growth/decline +1,781 +112
Annual growth/decline +650,089 +40,895
Annual growth/decline rate +1.41% +1.65%
Population growth rate rank 76/197 69/197

Algeria and Botswana: population history and growth rate by year chart

Algeria
Population

Growth rate
Botswana
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Algeria Botswana Algeria Botswana
1960 11,424,922 516,165 - -
1961 11,628,883 527,942 1.79% 2.28%
1962 11,800,771 540,186 1.48% 2.32%
1963 11,982,118 552,966 1.54% 2.37%
1964 12,179,813 566,266 1.65% 2.41%
1965 12,365,976 574,664 1.53% 1.48%
1966 12,590,069 577,866 1.81% 0.56%
1967 12,876,118 580,933 2.27% 0.53%
1968 13,172,614 583,966 2.3% 0.52%
1969 13,475,960 587,066 2.3% 0.53%
1970 13,783,719 590,334 2.28% 0.56%
1971 14,098,936 600,481 2.29% 1.72%
1972 14,427,072 622,407 2.33% 3.65%
1973 14,771,147 652,408 2.38% 4.82%
1974 15,133,502 685,448 2.45% 5.06%
1975 15,678,596 720,380 3.6% 5.1%
1976 16,409,170 758,508 4.66% 5.29%
1977 17,015,994 799,574 3.7% 5.41%
1978 17,506,974 849,239 2.89% 6.21%
1979 18,036,655 901,742 3.03% 6.18%
1980 18,607,174 937,485 3.16% 3.96%
1981 19,220,704 969,996 3.3% 3.47%
1982 19,872,348 1,009,269 3.39% 4.05%
1983 20,558,115 1,046,137 3.45% 3.65%
1984 21,271,969 1,083,660 3.47% 3.59%
1985 22,008,544 1,121,945 3.46% 3.53%
1986 22,745,499 1,160,650 3.35% 3.45%
1987 23,443,624 1,199,167 3.07% 3.32%
1988 24,109,536 1,235,476 2.84% 3.03%
1989 24,754,485 1,270,274 2.68% 2.82%
1990 25,375,810 1,305,696 2.51% 2.79%
1991 25,987,928 1,341,756 2.41% 2.76%
1992 26,628,568 1,380,033 2.47% 2.85%
1993 27,277,048 1,420,115 2.44% 2.9%
1994 27,887,279 1,460,023 2.24% 2.81%
1995 28,470,191 1,498,836 2.09% 2.66%
1996 29,033,044 1,535,914 1.98% 2.47%
1997 29,579,301 1,571,691 1.88% 2.33%
1998 30,054,133 1,606,899 1.61% 2.24%
1999 30,474,354 1,641,997 1.4% 2.18%
2000 30,903,893 1,677,382 1.41% 2.15%
2001 31,331,221 1,712,254 1.38% 2.08%
2002 31,750,835 1,744,763 1.34% 1.9%
2003 32,175,818 1,775,736 1.34% 1.78%
2004 32,628,286 1,807,146 1.41% 1.77%
2005 33,109,249 1,839,877 1.47% 1.81%
2006 33,623,506 1,874,516 1.55% 1.88%
2007 34,189,416 1,911,201 1.68% 1.96%
2008 34,816,961 1,949,970 1.84% 2.03%
2009 35,490,445 1,990,673 1.93% 2.09%
2010 36,188,236 2,033,111 1.97% 2.13%
2011 36,903,376 2,073,535 1.98% 1.99%
2012 37,646,166 2,108,617 2.01% 1.69%
2013 38,414,171 2,140,682 2.04% 1.52%
2014 39,205,031 2,172,044 2.06% 1.47%
2015 40,019,529 2,203,273 2.08% 1.44%
2016 40,850,721 2,234,776 2.08% 1.43%
2017 41,689,299 2,266,747 2.05% 1.43%
2018 42,505,035 2,299,141 1.96% 1.43%
2019 43,294,546 2,332,083 1.86% 1.43%
2020 44,042,091 2,365,894 1.73% 1.45%
2021 44,761,099 2,401,441 1.63% 1.5%
2022 45,477,389 2,439,892 1.6% 1.6%
2023 46,164,219 2,480,244 1.51% 1.65%
2024 46,814,308 2,521,139 1.41% 1.65%
2025 47,435,316 2,562,118 1.33% 1.63%
2026 48,028,344 2,603,385 1.25% 1.61%
2027 48,593,419 2,644,640 1.18% 1.58%
2028 49,135,532 2,685,602 1.12% 1.55%
2029 49,655,386 2,726,042 1.06% 1.51%
2030 50,154,168 2,765,913 1% 1.46%
2031 50,637,369 2,804,987 0.96% 1.41%
2032 51,113,505 2,843,228 0.94% 1.36%
2033 51,584,249 2,880,982 0.92% 1.33%
2034 52,048,009 2,917,972 0.9% 1.28%
2035 52,516,794 2,954,411 0.9% 1.25%
2036 52,986,277 2,990,130 0.89% 1.21%
2037 53,452,788 3,025,222 0.88% 1.17%
2038 53,921,847 3,059,525 0.88% 1.13%
2039 54,396,263 3,093,371 0.88% 1.11%
2040 54,873,482 3,126,637 0.88% 1.08%
2041 55,351,998 3,159,130 0.87% 1.04%
2042 55,834,554 3,190,968 0.87% 1.01%
2043 56,319,606 3,222,560 0.87% 0.99%
2044 56,806,185 3,254,012 0.86% 0.98%
2045 57,290,162 3,285,297 0.85% 0.96%
2046 57,767,681 3,316,997 0.83% 0.96%
2047 58,234,183 3,348,491 0.81% 0.95%
2048 58,690,893 3,379,103 0.78% 0.91%
2049 59,136,165 3,408,763 0.76% 0.88%
2050 59,565,558 3,437,424 0.73% 0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Botswana gained 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Botswana's population increased by 391,993 (a 17.8% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Botswana was ranked 145th in 2005 and ranked 143rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Botswana will increase by 32.4% to 3,437,424 people and rank change from 143rd to 137th.

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