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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	India	Botswana	India
1960	516,165	435,990,338	-	-
1961	527,942	446,564,729	2.28%	2.43%
1962	540,186	457,283,090	2.32%	2.4%
1963	552,966	468,138,575	2.37%	2.37%
1964	566,266	479,229,598	2.41%	2.37%
1965	574,664	490,140,146	1.48%	2.28%
1966	577,866	500,740,247	0.56%	2.16%
1967	580,933	511,606,372	0.53%	2.17%
1968	583,966	522,716,889	0.52%	2.17%
1969	587,066	533,880,544	0.53%	2.14%
1970	590,334	545,864,268	0.56%	2.24%
1971	600,481	558,096,387	1.72%	2.24%
1972	622,407	570,482,142	3.65%	2.22%
1973	652,408	583,465,598	4.82%	2.28%
1974	685,448	597,041,391	5.06%	2.33%
1975	720,380	611,309,535	5.1%	2.39%
1976	758,508	625,861,883	5.29%	2.38%
1977	799,574	640,801,103	5.41%	2.39%
1978	849,239	655,728,229	6.21%	2.33%
1979	901,742	671,155,747	6.18%	2.35%
1980	937,485	687,354,025	3.96%	2.41%
1981	969,996	703,696,250	3.47%	2.38%
1982	1,009,269	720,313,473	4.05%	2.36%
1983	1,046,137	737,372,681	3.65%	2.37%
1984	1,083,660	754,875,449	3.59%	2.37%
1985	1,121,945	772,647,793	3.53%	2.35%
1986	1,160,650	790,689,978	3.45%	2.34%
1987	1,199,167	808,931,270	3.32%	2.31%
1988	1,235,476	827,342,990	3.03%	2.28%
1989	1,270,274	846,039,529	2.82%	2.26%
1990	1,305,696	864,972,221	2.79%	2.24%
1991	1,341,756	883,927,600	2.76%	2.19%
1992	1,380,033	902,957,070	2.85%	2.15%
1993	1,420,115	922,118,387	2.9%	2.12%
1994	1,460,023	941,163,767	2.81%	2.07%
1995	1,498,836	960,301,044	2.66%	2.03%
1996	1,535,914	979,678,458	2.47%	2.02%
1997	1,571,691	999,133,762	2.33%	1.99%
1998	1,606,899	1,018,665,080	2.24%	1.95%
1999	1,641,997	1,038,225,823	2.18%	1.92%
2000	1,677,382	1,057,922,733	2.15%	1.9%
2001	1,712,254	1,077,898,575	2.08%	1.89%
2002	1,744,763	1,097,600,380	1.9%	1.83%
2003	1,775,736	1,116,803,006	1.78%	1.75%
2004	1,807,146	1,135,991,513	1.77%	1.72%
2005	1,839,877	1,154,676,322	1.81%	1.64%
2006	1,874,516	1,172,878,890	1.88%	1.58%
2007	1,911,201	1,190,676,021	1.96%	1.52%
2008	1,949,970	1,207,930,964	2.03%	1.45%
2009	1,990,673	1,225,524,753	2.09%	1.46%
2010	2,033,111	1,243,481,564	2.13%	1.47%
2011	2,073,535	1,261,224,954	1.99%	1.43%
2012	2,108,617	1,278,674,502	1.69%	1.38%
2013	2,140,682	1,295,829,511	1.52%	1.34%
2014	2,172,044	1,312,277,191	1.47%	1.27%
2015	2,203,273	1,328,024,498	1.44%	1.2%
2016	2,234,776	1,343,944,296	1.43%	1.2%
2017	2,266,747	1,359,657,400	1.43%	1.17%
2018	2,299,141	1,374,659,064	1.43%	1.1%
2019	2,332,083	1,389,030,312	1.43%	1.05%
2020	2,365,894	1,402,617,695	1.45%	0.98%
2021	2,401,441	1,414,203,896	1.5%	0.83%
2022	2,439,892	1,425,423,212	1.6%	0.79%
2023	2,480,244	1,438,069,596	1.65%	0.89%
2024	2,521,139	1,450,935,791	1.65%	0.89%
2025	2,562,118	1,463,865,531	1.63%	0.89%
2026	2,603,385	1,476,625,576	1.61%	0.87%
2027	2,644,640	1,489,164,679	1.58%	0.85%
2028	2,685,602	1,501,432,748	1.55%	0.82%
2029	2,726,042	1,513,423,737	1.51%	0.8%
2030	2,765,913	1,525,138,852	1.46%	0.77%
2031	2,804,987	1,536,540,604	1.41%	0.75%
2032	2,843,228	1,547,607,126	1.36%	0.72%
2033	2,880,982	1,558,324,087	1.33%	0.69%
2034	2,917,972	1,568,688,356	1.28%	0.67%
2035	2,954,411	1,578,694,799	1.25%	0.64%
2036	2,990,130	1,588,325,366	1.21%	0.61%
2037	3,025,222	1,597,537,009	1.17%	0.58%
2038	3,059,525	1,606,300,646	1.13%	0.55%
2039	3,093,371	1,614,639,243	1.11%	0.52%
2040	3,126,637	1,622,580,052	1.08%	0.49%
2041	3,159,130	1,630,119,374	1.04%	0.46%
2042	3,190,968	1,637,235,363	1.01%	0.44%
2043	3,222,560	1,643,915,269	0.99%	0.41%
2044	3,254,012	1,650,186,610	0.98%	0.38%
2045	3,285,297	1,656,067,585	0.96%	0.36%
2046	3,316,997	1,661,548,400	0.96%	0.33%
2047	3,348,491	1,666,628,151	0.95%	0.31%
2048	3,379,103	1,671,309,727	0.91%	0.28%
2049	3,408,763	1,675,619,893	0.88%	0.26%
2050	3,437,424	1,679,589,268	0.84%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.