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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Canada	Botswana	Canada
1960	516,165	17,909,356	-	-
1961	527,942	18,271,000	2.28%	2.02%
1962	540,186	18,614,000	2.32%	1.88%
1963	552,966	18,964,000	2.37%	1.88%
1964	566,266	19,325,000	2.41%	1.9%
1965	574,664	19,678,000	1.48%	1.83%
1966	577,866	20,048,000	0.56%	1.88%
1967	580,933	20,412,000	0.53%	1.82%
1968	583,966	20,744,000	0.52%	1.63%
1969	587,066	21,028,000	0.53%	1.37%
1970	590,334	21,324,000	0.56%	1.41%
1971	600,481	21,962,032	1.72%	2.99%
1972	622,407	22,218,463	3.65%	1.17%
1973	652,408	22,491,777	4.82%	1.23%
1974	685,448	22,807,969	5.06%	1.41%
1975	720,380	23,143,275	5.1%	1.47%
1976	758,508	23,449,808	5.29%	1.32%
1977	799,574	23,725,843	5.41%	1.18%
1978	849,239	23,963,203	6.21%	1%
1979	901,742	24,201,544	6.18%	0.99%
1980	937,485	24,515,667	3.96%	1.3%
1981	969,996	24,819,915	3.47%	1.24%
1982	1,009,269	25,116,942	4.05%	1.2%
1983	1,046,137	25,366,451	3.65%	0.99%
1984	1,083,660	25,607,053	3.59%	0.95%
1985	1,121,945	25,842,116	3.53%	0.92%
1986	1,160,650	26,100,278	3.45%	1%
1987	1,199,167	26,446,601	3.32%	1.33%
1988	1,235,476	26,791,747	3.03%	1.31%
1989	1,270,274	27,276,781	2.82%	1.81%
1990	1,305,696	27,691,138	2.79%	1.52%
1991	1,341,756	28,037,420	2.76%	1.25%
1992	1,380,033	28,371,264	2.85%	1.19%
1993	1,420,115	28,684,764	2.9%	1.1%
1994	1,460,023	29,000,663	2.81%	1.1%
1995	1,498,836	29,302,311	2.66%	1.04%
1996	1,535,914	29,610,218	2.47%	1.05%
1997	1,571,691	29,905,948	2.33%	1%
1998	1,606,899	30,155,173	2.24%	0.83%
1999	1,641,997	30,401,286	2.18%	0.82%
2000	1,677,382	30,685,730	2.15%	0.94%
2001	1,712,254	31,020,855	2.08%	1.09%
2002	1,744,763	31,359,199	1.9%	1.09%
2003	1,775,736	31,642,461	1.78%	0.9%
2004	1,807,146	31,938,807	1.77%	0.94%
2005	1,839,877	32,242,732	1.81%	0.95%
2006	1,874,516	32,571,193	1.88%	1.02%
2007	1,911,201	32,888,886	1.96%	0.98%
2008	1,949,970	33,247,298	2.03%	1.09%
2009	1,990,673	33,630,069	2.09%	1.15%
2010	2,033,111	34,005,902	2.13%	1.12%
2011	2,073,535	34,339,221	1.99%	0.98%
2012	2,108,617	34,713,395	1.69%	1.09%
2013	2,140,682	35,080,992	1.52%	1.06%
2014	2,172,044	35,434,066	1.47%	1.01%
2015	2,203,273	35,704,498	1.44%	0.76%
2016	2,234,776	36,110,803	1.43%	1.14%
2017	2,266,747	36,545,075	1.43%	1.2%
2018	2,299,141	37,072,620	1.43%	1.44%
2019	2,332,083	37,618,495	1.43%	1.47%
2020	2,365,894	38,028,638	1.45%	1.09%
2021	2,401,441	38,239,864	1.5%	0.56%
2022	2,439,892	38,935,934	1.6%	1.82%
2023	2,480,244	40,083,484	1.65%	2.95%
2024	2,521,139	41,288,599	1.65%	3.01%
2025	2,562,118	41,687,850	1.63%	0.97%
2026	2,603,385	42,042,113	1.61%	0.85%
2027	2,644,640	42,368,857	1.58%	0.78%
2028	2,685,602	42,683,927	1.55%	0.74%
2029	2,726,042	42,986,030	1.51%	0.71%
2030	2,765,913	43,276,190	1.46%	0.68%
2031	2,804,987	43,559,839	1.41%	0.66%
2032	2,843,228	43,833,228	1.36%	0.63%
2033	2,880,982	44,089,067	1.33%	0.58%
2034	2,917,972	44,336,794	1.28%	0.56%
2035	2,954,411	44,574,481	1.25%	0.54%
2036	2,990,130	44,802,196	1.21%	0.51%
2037	3,025,222	45,029,252	1.17%	0.51%
2038	3,059,525	45,250,482	1.13%	0.49%
2039	3,093,371	45,461,809	1.11%	0.47%
2040	3,126,637	45,661,339	1.08%	0.44%
2041	3,159,130	45,855,081	1.04%	0.42%
2042	3,190,968	46,046,286	1.01%	0.42%
2043	3,222,560	46,232,447	0.99%	0.4%
2044	3,254,012	46,413,908	0.98%	0.39%
2045	3,285,297	46,594,973	0.96%	0.39%
2046	3,316,997	46,768,120	0.96%	0.37%
2047	3,348,491	46,930,946	0.95%	0.35%
2048	3,379,103	47,092,745	0.91%	0.34%
2049	3,408,763	47,246,217	0.88%	0.33%
2050	3,437,424	47,396,788	0.84%	0.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while Canada gained 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while Canada's population increased by 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. Canada was ranked 35th in 2006 and ranked 38th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Botswana's population will grow by 32% to 3,437,424 people with a rank change from 142nd to 137th. The population of Canada will increase by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.