The latest officially reported population of Botswana was 2,521,139 in 2024 vs 10,905,028 people in the Czech Republic in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Botswana's population is 2,603,835 people compared to 10,693,675 in the Czech Republic.
Population statistics:
- The Czech Republic's population is 4.11 times bigger than Botswana's.
- Botswana is ranked the 142nd most populous country in the world, while the Czech Republic is the 91st.
- The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.03% for Botswana vs 0.13% for the Czech Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Botswana has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +0.34% in the Czech Republic.
- Since 2006, the population of Botswana has increased from 1.87M people to 2.6M (38.9% growth), while the Czech Republic has grown from 10.2M to 10.7M (4.44% growth).
- Botswana is projected to reach its peak in 2088 at 3.89M people, while the Czech Republic's population already peaked in 2024 at 10.9M people and is projected to decrease to 8.36M people by 2100.
Botswana vs Czech Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
2603835
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10693675
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| Population rank | 142/197 | 91/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
12.9 minutes
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12.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
8.58 minutes
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5.76 minutes
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| One death every |
37 minutes
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4.65 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.52 hours
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6.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,778 | -86,169 |
| Daily growth/decline | +112 | +112 |
| Annual growth/decline | +40,895 | +40,986 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.65% | +0.38% |
| Population growth rate rank | 66/197 | 142/197 |
Botswana and the Czech Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 516,165 | 9,602,006 | - | - |
| 1961 | 527,942 | 9,586,651 | 2.28% | -0.16% |
| 1962 | 540,186 | 9,624,660 | 2.32% | 0.4% |
| 1963 | 552,966 | 9,670,685 | 2.37% | 0.48% |
| 1964 | 566,266 | 9,727,804 | 2.41% | 0.59% |
| 1965 | 574,664 | 9,779,358 | 1.48% | 0.53% |
| 1966 | 577,866 | 9,821,040 | 0.56% | 0.43% |
| 1967 | 580,933 | 9,852,899 | 0.53% | 0.32% |
| 1968 | 583,966 | 9,876,346 | 0.52% | 0.24% |
| 1969 | 587,066 | 9,896,580 | 0.53% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | 590,334 | 9,858,071 | 0.56% | -0.39% |
| 1971 | 600,481 | 9,826,815 | 1.72% | -0.32% |
| 1972 | 622,407 | 9,867,632 | 3.65% | 0.42% |
| 1973 | 652,408 | 9,922,266 | 4.82% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 685,448 | 9,988,459 | 5.06% | 0.67% |
| 1975 | 720,380 | 10,058,620 | 5.1% | 0.7% |
| 1976 | 758,508 | 10,125,939 | 5.29% | 0.67% |
| 1977 | 799,574 | 10,186,755 | 5.41% | 0.6% |
| 1978 | 849,239 | 10,242,098 | 6.21% | 0.54% |
| 1979 | 901,742 | 10,292,341 | 6.18% | 0.49% |
| 1980 | 937,485 | 10,304,193 | 3.96% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 969,996 | 10,300,591 | 3.47% | -0.03% |
| 1982 | 1,009,269 | 10,314,826 | 4.05% | 0.14% |
| 1983 | 1,046,137 | 10,323,856 | 3.65% | 0.09% |
| 1984 | 1,083,660 | 10,330,213 | 3.59% | 0.06% |
| 1985 | 1,121,945 | 10,337,118 | 3.53% | 0.07% |
| 1986 | 1,160,650 | 10,342,227 | 3.45% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 1,199,167 | 10,347,318 | 3.32% | 0.05% |
| 1988 | 1,235,476 | 10,355,276 | 3.03% | 0.08% |
| 1989 | 1,270,274 | 10,361,068 | 2.82% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 1,305,696 | 10,333,355 | 2.79% | -0.27% |
| 1991 | 1,341,756 | 10,308,578 | 2.76% | -0.24% |
| 1992 | 1,380,033 | 10,319,123 | 2.85% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,420,115 | 10,329,855 | 2.9% | 0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,460,023 | 10,333,587 | 2.81% | 0.04% |
| 1995 | 1,498,836 | 10,327,253 | 2.66% | -0.06% |
| 1996 | 1,535,914 | 10,315,241 | 2.47% | -0.12% |
| 1997 | 1,571,691 | 10,304,131 | 2.33% | -0.11% |
| 1998 | 1,606,899 | 10,294,373 | 2.24% | -0.09% |
| 1999 | 1,641,997 | 10,283,860 | 2.18% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,677,382 | 10,255,063 | 2.15% | -0.28% |
| 2001 | 1,712,254 | 10,216,605 | 2.08% | -0.38% |
| 2002 | 1,744,763 | 10,196,916 | 1.9% | -0.19% |
| 2003 | 1,775,736 | 10,193,998 | 1.78% | -0.03% |
| 2004 | 1,807,146 | 10,197,101 | 1.77% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 1,839,877 | 10,211,216 | 1.81% | 0.14% |
| 2006 | 1,874,516 | 10,238,905 | 1.88% | 0.27% |
| 2007 | 1,911,201 | 10,298,828 | 1.96% | 0.59% |
| 2008 | 1,949,970 | 10,384,603 | 2.03% | 0.83% |
| 2009 | 1,990,673 | 10,443,936 | 2.09% | 0.57% |
| 2010 | 2,033,111 | 10,474,410 | 2.13% | 0.29% |
| 2011 | 2,073,535 | 10,496,088 | 1.99% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 2,108,617 | 10,510,785 | 1.69% | 0.14% |
| 2013 | 2,140,682 | 10,514,272 | 1.52% | 0.03% |
| 2014 | 2,172,044 | 10,525,347 | 1.47% | 0.11% |
| 2015 | 2,203,273 | 10,546,059 | 1.44% | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,234,776 | 10,566,332 | 1.43% | 0.19% |
| 2017 | 2,266,747 | 10,594,438 | 1.43% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 2,299,141 | 10,629,928 | 1.43% | 0.33% |
| 2019 | 2,332,083 | 10,671,870 | 1.43% | 0.39% |
| 2020 | 2,365,894 | 10,697,858 | 1.45% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 2,401,441 | 10,505,772 | 1.5% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,439,892 | 10,672,118 | 1.6% | 1.58% |
| 2023 | 2,480,244 | 10,864,042 | 1.65% | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 2,521,139 | 10,905,028 | 1.65% | 0.38% |
| 2025 | 2,562,118 | 10,776,416 | 1.63% | -1.18% |
| 2026 | 2,603,385 | 10,693,675 | 1.61% | -0.77% |
| 2027 | 2,644,640 | 10,671,253 | 1.58% | -0.21% |
| 2028 | 2,685,602 | 10,646,226 | 1.55% | -0.23% |
| 2029 | 2,726,042 | 10,618,626 | 1.51% | -0.26% |
| 2030 | 2,765,913 | 10,589,369 | 1.46% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 2,804,987 | 10,558,740 | 1.41% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 2,843,228 | 10,526,900 | 1.36% | -0.3% |
| 2033 | 2,880,982 | 10,494,205 | 1.33% | -0.31% |
| 2034 | 2,917,972 | 10,461,074 | 1.28% | -0.32% |
| 2035 | 2,954,411 | 10,427,719 | 1.25% | -0.32% |
| 2036 | 2,990,130 | 10,394,629 | 1.21% | -0.32% |
| 2037 | 3,025,222 | 10,361,705 | 1.17% | -0.32% |
| 2038 | 3,059,525 | 10,329,234 | 1.13% | -0.31% |
| 2039 | 3,093,371 | 10,297,472 | 1.11% | -0.31% |
| 2040 | 3,126,637 | 10,266,491 | 1.08% | -0.3% |
| 2041 | 3,159,130 | 10,236,267 | 1.04% | -0.29% |
| 2042 | 3,190,968 | 10,206,686 | 1.01% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 3,222,560 | 10,177,983 | 0.99% | -0.28% |
| 2044 | 3,254,012 | 10,149,892 | 0.98% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 3,285,297 | 10,122,112 | 0.96% | -0.27% |
| 2046 | 3,316,997 | 10,094,194 | 0.96% | -0.28% |
| 2047 | 3,348,491 | 10,066,226 | 0.95% | -0.28% |
| 2048 | 3,379,103 | 10,038,170 | 0.91% | -0.28% |
| 2049 | 3,408,763 | 10,009,782 | 0.88% | -0.28% |
| 2050 | 3,437,424 | 9,980,370 | 0.84% | -0.29% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while the Czech Republic gained 327,427 people (a 3.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while the Czech Republic's population increased by 127,343 (a 1.21% growth).
Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. The Czech Republic was ranked 80th in 2006 and ranked 91st 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 the Czech Republic will decrease by 6.67% to 9,980,370 people and rank change from 91st to 98th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Gaborone | 236K |
| Francistown | 103K |
| Molepolole | 67.6K |
| Kanye | 48K |
| Serowe | 47.4K |
| Mahalapye | 41.3K |
| Palapye | 36.2K |
| Lobatse | 26.9K |
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| City | Population |
| Prague | 1.4M |
| Brno | 403K |
| Liberec | 108K |
| Zlin | 74.7K |
| Most | 63.5K |
| Opava | 55.1K |
| Jihlava | 54.6K |
| Frydek-Mistek | 53.6K |
| Teplice | 50.9K |
| Karlovy Vary | 49.1K |
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Population differences between Botswana and the Czech Republic
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| Life expectancy | 69.6 years | 80.3 years |
| Average age | 26.7 years | 43 years |
| Median age | 24.2 years | 44.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.73 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 11.5 ppl/mi² | 366 ppl/mi² |
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