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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Botswana was 2,521,139 in 2024 vs 116,538,258 people in Egypt in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Botswana's population is 2,595,266 people compared to 119,759,833 in Egypt.

Population statistics:

  • Egypt's population is 46.1 times bigger than Botswana's.
  • Botswana is ranked the 143rd most populous country in the world, while Egypt is the 13th.
  • The countries together account for 1.48% of the world: 0.03% for Botswana vs 1.45% for Egypt.
  • For the last 10 years, Botswana has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +1.84% in Egypt.
  • Since 2005, the population of Botswana has increased from 1.84M people to 2.6M (41.1% growth), while Egypt has grown from 81.1M to 120M (47.7% growth).
  • Botswana is projected to reach its peak in 2088 at 3.89M people compared to the peak of 202M people in 2100 for Egypt.

Botswana vs Egypt: live population counter

Botswana Egypt
Current population
2595266
119759833
Population rank 143/197 13/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 1.45%
One net population change
12.9 minutes
15.7 seconds
One birth every
8.58 minutes
13.1 seconds
One death every
37 minutes
50.4 seconds
One migration net change every
1.52 hours
4.24 minutes
Annual migration change -5,778 +123,884
Daily growth/decline +112 +5,486
Annual growth/decline +40,895 +2,002,486
Annual growth/decline rate +1.65% +1.75%
Population growth rate rank 69/197 66/197

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

Botswana
Population

Growth rate
Egypt
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Botswana Egypt Botswana Egypt
1960 516,165 26,896,479 - -
1961 527,942 27,600,898 2.28% 2.62%
1962 540,186 28,337,013 2.32% 2.67%
1963 552,966 29,091,869 2.37% 2.66%
1964 566,266 29,858,922 2.41% 2.64%
1965 574,664 30,629,174 1.48% 2.58%
1966 577,866 31,406,541 0.56% 2.54%
1967 580,933 32,196,360 0.53% 2.51%
1968 583,966 32,998,319 0.52% 2.49%
1969 587,066 33,811,615 0.53% 2.46%
1970 590,334 34,623,990 0.56% 2.4%
1971 600,481 35,433,368 1.72% 2.34%
1972 622,407 36,258,328 3.65% 2.33%
1973 652,408 37,102,043 4.82% 2.33%
1974 685,448 37,969,667 5.06% 2.34%
1975 720,380 38,875,327 5.1% 2.39%
1976 758,508 39,795,557 5.29% 2.37%
1977 799,574 40,748,870 5.41% 2.4%
1978 849,239 41,761,431 6.21% 2.48%
1979 901,742 42,818,628 6.18% 2.53%
1980 937,485 43,950,413 3.96% 2.64%
1981 969,996 45,147,224 3.47% 2.72%
1982 1,009,269 46,407,611 4.05% 2.79%
1983 1,046,137 47,786,402 3.65% 2.97%
1984 1,083,660 49,247,334 3.59% 3.06%
1985 1,121,945 50,734,968 3.53% 3.02%
1986 1,160,650 52,206,295 3.45% 2.9%
1987 1,199,167 53,674,435 3.32% 2.81%
1988 1,235,476 55,187,681 3.03% 2.82%
1989 1,270,274 56,710,642 2.82% 2.76%
1990 1,305,696 58,396,618 2.79% 2.97%
1991 1,341,756 60,028,997 2.76% 2.8%
1992 1,380,033 61,480,660 2.85% 2.42%
1993 1,420,115 62,915,681 2.9% 2.33%
1994 1,460,023 64,285,589 2.81% 2.18%
1995 1,498,836 65,652,622 2.66% 2.13%
1996 1,535,914 67,028,048 2.47% 2.1%
1997 1,571,691 68,431,740 2.33% 2.09%
1998 1,606,899 69,943,294 2.24% 2.21%
1999 1,641,997 71,520,954 2.18% 2.26%
2000 1,677,382 73,083,284 2.15% 2.18%
2001 1,712,254 74,652,029 2.08% 2.15%
2002 1,744,763 76,239,137 1.9% 2.13%
2003 1,775,736 77,853,548 1.78% 2.12%
2004 1,807,146 79,477,443 1.77% 2.09%
2005 1,839,877 81,101,004 1.81% 2.04%
2006 1,874,516 82,700,403 1.88% 1.97%
2007 1,911,201 84,276,225 1.96% 1.91%
2008 1,949,970 85,864,789 2.03% 1.88%
2009 1,990,673 87,501,636 2.09% 1.91%
2010 2,033,111 89,196,072 2.13% 1.94%
2011 2,073,535 91,093,059 1.99% 2.13%
2012 2,108,617 93,161,001 1.69% 2.27%
2013 2,140,682 95,333,553 1.52% 2.33%
2014 2,172,044 97,528,654 1.47% 2.3%
2015 2,203,273 99,597,342 1.44% 2.12%
2016 2,234,776 101,644,589 1.43% 2.06%
2017 2,266,747 103,696,057 1.43% 2.02%
2018 2,299,141 105,682,094 1.43% 1.92%
2019 2,332,083 107,553,158 1.43% 1.77%
2020 2,365,894 109,315,124 1.45% 1.64%
2021 2,401,441 110,957,008 1.5% 1.5%
2022 2,439,892 112,618,250 1.6% 1.5%
2023 2,480,244 114,535,772 1.65% 1.7%
2024 2,521,139 116,538,258 1.65% 1.75%
2025 2,562,118 118,365,997 1.63% 1.57%
2026 2,603,385 120,101,181 1.61% 1.47%
2027 2,644,640 121,847,622 1.58% 1.45%
2028 2,685,602 123,608,457 1.55% 1.45%
2029 2,726,042 125,373,058 1.51% 1.43%
2030 2,765,913 127,139,323 1.46% 1.41%
2031 2,804,987 128,912,256 1.41% 1.39%
2032 2,843,228 130,695,084 1.36% 1.38%
2033 2,880,982 132,485,612 1.33% 1.37%
2034 2,917,972 134,287,838 1.28% 1.36%
2035 2,954,411 136,097,214 1.25% 1.35%
2036 2,990,130 137,913,263 1.21% 1.33%
2037 3,025,222 139,738,699 1.17% 1.32%
2038 3,059,525 141,565,835 1.13% 1.31%
2039 3,093,371 143,393,267 1.11% 1.29%
2040 3,126,637 145,213,662 1.08% 1.27%
2041 3,159,130 147,018,554 1.04% 1.24%
2042 3,190,968 148,800,785 1.01% 1.21%
2043 3,222,560 150,547,655 0.99% 1.17%
2044 3,254,012 152,255,332 0.98% 1.13%
2045 3,285,297 153,919,190 0.96% 1.09%
2046 3,316,997 155,535,951 0.96% 1.05%
2047 3,348,491 157,114,404 0.95% 1.01%
2048 3,379,103 158,657,392 0.91% 0.98%
2049 3,408,763 160,161,615 0.88% 0.95%
2050 3,437,424 161,630,197 0.84% 0.92%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Botswana increased by 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth), while Egypt gained 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Botswana gained 391,993 (a 17.8% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2005 and is 143rd in 2025. Egypt was ranked 14th in 2005 and ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 35% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.

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