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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Guyana	Botswana	Guyana
1960	516,165	569,143	-	-
1961	527,942	582,568	2.28%	2.36%
1962	540,186	595,461	2.32%	2.21%
1963	552,966	608,537	2.37%	2.2%
1964	566,266	621,764	2.41%	2.17%
1965	574,664	635,128	1.48%	2.15%
1966	577,866	648,646	0.56%	2.13%
1967	580,933	662,311	0.53%	2.11%
1968	583,966	676,160	0.52%	2.09%
1969	587,066	690,223	0.53%	2.08%
1970	590,334	702,705	0.56%	1.81%
1971	600,481	712,662	1.72%	1.42%
1972	622,407	721,617	3.65%	1.26%
1973	652,408	730,138	4.82%	1.18%
1974	685,448	738,057	5.06%	1.08%
1975	720,380	745,393	5.1%	0.99%
1976	758,508	752,253	5.29%	0.92%
1977	799,574	758,654	5.41%	0.85%
1978	849,239	764,586	6.21%	0.78%
1979	901,742	770,062	6.18%	0.72%
1980	937,485	774,367	3.96%	0.56%
1981	969,996	776,453	3.47%	0.27%
1982	1,009,269	776,712	4.05%	0.03%
1983	1,046,137	775,891	3.65%	-0.11%
1984	1,083,660	774,111	3.59%	-0.23%
1985	1,121,945	771,477	3.53%	-0.34%
1986	1,160,650	768,098	3.45%	-0.44%
1987	1,199,167	764,120	3.32%	-0.52%
1988	1,235,476	759,663	3.03%	-0.58%
1989	1,270,274	754,865	2.82%	-0.63%
1990	1,305,696	749,894	2.79%	-0.66%
1991	1,341,756	747,861	2.76%	-0.27%
1992	1,380,033	749,911	2.85%	0.27%
1993	1,420,115	752,965	2.9%	0.41%
1994	1,460,023	755,822	2.81%	0.38%
1995	1,498,836	758,388	2.66%	0.34%
1996	1,535,914	760,526	2.47%	0.28%
1997	1,571,691	762,245	2.33%	0.23%
1998	1,606,899	763,586	2.24%	0.18%
1999	1,641,997	764,483	2.18%	0.12%
2000	1,677,382	764,832	2.15%	0.05%
2001	1,712,254	764,477	2.08%	-0.05%
2002	1,744,763	763,652	1.9%	-0.11%
2003	1,775,736	763,101	1.78%	-0.07%
2004	1,807,146	762,418	1.77%	-0.09%
2005	1,839,877	760,914	1.81%	-0.2%
2006	1,874,516	758,966	1.88%	-0.26%
2007	1,911,201	756,861	1.96%	-0.28%
2008	1,949,970	754,606	2.03%	-0.3%
2009	1,990,673	752,094	2.09%	-0.33%
2010	2,033,111	749,256	2.13%	-0.38%
2011	2,073,535	746,153	1.99%	-0.41%
2012	2,108,617	746,288	1.69%	0.02%
2013	2,140,682	750,021	1.52%	0.5%
2014	2,172,044	754,229	1.47%	0.56%
2015	2,203,273	758,781	1.44%	0.6%
2016	2,234,776	763,548	1.43%	0.63%
2017	2,266,747	768,479	1.43%	0.65%
2018	2,299,141	791,556	1.43%	3%
2019	2,332,083	807,665	1.43%	2.04%
2020	2,365,894	807,481	1.45%	-0.02%
2021	2,401,441	815,482	1.5%	0.99%
2022	2,439,892	821,637	1.6%	0.75%
2023	2,480,244	826,353	1.65%	0.57%
2024	2,521,139	831,087	1.65%	0.57%
2025	2,562,118	835,986	1.63%	0.59%
2026	2,603,385	840,883	1.61%	0.59%
2027	2,644,640	846,019	1.58%	0.61%
2028	2,685,602	851,161	1.55%	0.61%
2029	2,726,042	856,040	1.51%	0.57%
2030	2,765,913	861,037	1.46%	0.58%
2031	2,804,987	866,080	1.41%	0.59%
2032	2,843,228	871,237	1.36%	0.6%
2033	2,880,982	876,346	1.33%	0.59%
2034	2,917,972	881,223	1.28%	0.56%
2035	2,954,411	885,935	1.25%	0.53%
2036	2,990,130	890,320	1.21%	0.49%
2037	3,025,222	894,649	1.17%	0.49%
2038	3,059,525	899,021	1.13%	0.49%
2039	3,093,371	903,316	1.11%	0.48%
2040	3,126,637	907,506	1.08%	0.46%
2041	3,159,130	911,723	1.04%	0.46%
2042	3,190,968	915,811	1.01%	0.45%
2043	3,222,560	919,575	0.99%	0.41%
2044	3,254,012	923,121	0.98%	0.39%
2045	3,285,297	926,355	0.96%	0.35%
2046	3,316,997	929,478	0.96%	0.34%
2047	3,348,491	932,483	0.95%	0.32%
2048	3,379,103	935,329	0.91%	0.31%
2049	3,408,763	938,062	0.88%	0.29%
2050	3,437,424	940,601	0.84%	0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Botswana increased by 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Botswana gained 391,993 (a 17.8% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2005 and is 143rd in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.