Population in Botswana compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Botswana and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Cayman Islands	Botswana	Cayman Islands
1960	516,165	8,428	-	-
1961	527,942	8,601	2.28%	2.05%
1962	540,186	8,781	2.32%	2.09%
1963	552,966	8,970	2.37%	2.15%
1964	566,266	9,166	2.41%	2.19%
1965	574,664	9,361	1.48%	2.13%
1966	577,866	9,560	0.56%	2.13%
1967	580,933	9,769	0.53%	2.19%
1968	583,966	9,971	0.52%	2.07%
1969	587,066	10,165	0.53%	1.95%
1970	590,334	10,517	0.56%	3.46%
1971	600,481	11,098	1.72%	5.52%
1972	622,407	11,764	3.65%	6%
1973	652,408	12,438	4.82%	5.73%
1974	685,448	13,114	5.06%	5.43%
1975	720,380	13,788	5.1%	5.14%
1976	758,508	14,454	5.29%	4.83%
1977	799,574	15,105	5.41%	4.5%
1978	849,239	15,727	6.21%	4.12%
1979	901,742	16,351	6.18%	3.97%
1980	937,485	17,079	3.96%	4.45%
1981	969,996	17,905	3.47%	4.84%
1982	1,009,269	18,750	4.05%	4.72%
1983	1,046,137	19,598	3.65%	4.52%
1984	1,083,660	20,454	3.59%	4.37%
1985	1,121,945	21,324	3.53%	4.25%
1986	1,160,650	22,197	3.45%	4.09%
1987	1,199,167	23,073	3.32%	3.95%
1988	1,235,476	23,951	3.03%	3.81%
1989	1,270,274	24,874	2.82%	3.85%
1990	1,305,696	25,999	2.79%	4.52%
1991	1,341,756	27,294	2.76%	4.98%
1992	1,380,033	28,621	2.85%	4.86%
1993	1,420,115	29,976	2.9%	4.73%
1994	1,460,023	31,352	2.81%	4.59%
1995	1,498,836	32,743	2.66%	4.44%
1996	1,535,914	34,143	2.47%	4.28%
1997	1,571,691	35,543	2.33%	4.1%
1998	1,606,899	36,922	2.24%	3.88%
1999	1,641,997	38,284	2.18%	3.69%
2000	1,677,382	39,674	2.15%	3.63%
2001	1,712,254	41,089	2.08%	3.57%
2002	1,744,763	42,514	1.9%	3.47%
2003	1,775,736	43,934	1.78%	3.34%
2004	1,807,146	45,352	1.77%	3.23%
2005	1,839,877	46,788	1.81%	3.17%
2006	1,874,516	48,232	1.88%	3.09%
2007	1,911,201	49,687	1.96%	3.02%
2008	1,949,970	51,151	2.03%	2.95%
2009	1,990,673	52,618	2.09%	2.87%
2010	2,033,111	54,099	2.13%	2.81%
2011	2,073,535	55,606	1.99%	2.79%
2012	2,108,617	57,136	1.69%	2.75%
2013	2,140,682	58,655	1.52%	2.66%
2014	2,172,044	60,160	1.47%	2.57%
2015	2,203,273	61,642	1.44%	2.46%
2016	2,234,776	63,100	1.43%	2.37%
2017	2,266,747	64,535	1.43%	2.27%
2018	2,299,141	65,941	1.43%	2.18%
2019	2,332,083	67,327	1.43%	2.1%
2020	2,365,894	68,684	1.45%	2.02%
2021	2,401,441	70,108	1.5%	2.07%
2022	2,439,892	71,591	1.6%	2.12%
2023	2,480,244	73,038	1.65%	2.02%
2024	2,521,139	74,457	1.65%	1.94%
2025	2,562,118	75,842	1.63%	1.86%
2026	2,603,385	77,197	1.61%	1.79%
2027	2,644,640	78,532	1.58%	1.73%
2028	2,685,602	79,852	1.55%	1.68%
2029	2,726,042	81,146	1.51%	1.62%
2030	2,765,913	82,412	1.46%	1.56%
2031	2,804,987	83,676	1.41%	1.53%
2032	2,843,228	84,915	1.36%	1.48%
2033	2,880,982	86,125	1.33%	1.42%
2034	2,917,972	87,319	1.28%	1.39%
2035	2,954,411	88,457	1.25%	1.3%
2036	2,990,130	89,597	1.21%	1.29%
2037	3,025,222	90,741	1.17%	1.28%
2038	3,059,525	91,867	1.13%	1.24%
2039	3,093,371	92,983	1.11%	1.21%
2040	3,126,637	94,101	1.08%	1.2%
2041	3,159,130	95,206	1.04%	1.17%
2042	3,190,968	96,287	1.01%	1.14%
2043	3,222,560	97,352	0.99%	1.11%
2044	3,254,012	98,386	0.98%	1.06%
2045	3,285,297	99,371	0.96%	1%
2046	3,316,997	100,330	0.96%	0.96%
2047	3,348,491	101,257	0.95%	0.92%
2048	3,379,103	102,188	0.91%	0.92%
2049	3,408,763	103,075	0.88%	0.87%
2050	3,437,424	103,943	0.84%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Botswana increased by 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Botswana gained 391,993 (a 17.8% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2005 and is 143rd in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Botswana's population will grow by 32.4% to 3,437,424 people with a rank change from 143rd to 137th. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.