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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Iran	Botswana	Iran
1960	516,165	21,470,434	-	-
1961	527,942	22,125,726	2.28%	3.05%
1962	540,186	22,807,907	2.32%	3.08%
1963	552,966	23,519,005	2.37%	3.12%
1964	566,266	24,262,859	2.41%	3.16%
1965	574,664	25,036,978	1.48%	3.19%
1966	577,866	25,829,270	0.56%	3.16%
1967	580,933	26,628,432	0.53%	3.09%
1968	583,966	27,437,391	0.52%	3.04%
1969	587,066	28,273,482	0.53%	3.05%
1970	590,334	29,145,100	0.56%	3.08%
1971	600,481	30,029,071	1.72%	3.03%
1972	622,407	30,921,179	3.65%	2.97%
1973	652,408	31,839,838	4.82%	2.97%
1974	685,448	32,796,463	5.06%	3%
1975	720,380	33,802,973	5.1%	3.07%
1976	758,508	34,837,271	5.29%	3.06%
1977	799,574	35,933,181	5.41%	3.15%
1978	849,239	37,126,535	6.21%	3.32%
1979	901,742	38,424,952	6.18%	3.5%
1980	937,485	39,842,324	3.96%	3.69%
1981	969,996	41,989,312	3.47%	5.39%
1982	1,009,269	44,272,141	4.05%	5.44%
1983	1,046,137	46,029,535	3.65%	3.97%
1984	1,083,660	47,793,998	3.59%	3.83%
1985	1,121,945	49,582,289	3.53%	3.74%
1986	1,160,650	51,446,045	3.45%	3.76%
1987	1,199,167	53,323,493	3.32%	3.65%
1988	1,235,476	55,072,694	3.03%	3.28%
1989	1,270,274	56,704,914	2.82%	2.96%
1990	1,305,696	58,380,092	2.79%	2.95%
1991	1,341,756	59,986,931	2.76%	2.75%
1992	1,380,033	61,184,983	2.85%	2%
1993	1,420,115	61,403,543	2.9%	0.36%
1994	1,460,023	61,520,598	2.81%	0.19%
1995	1,498,836	62,205,567	2.66%	1.11%
1996	1,535,914	62,881,300	2.47%	1.09%
1997	1,571,691	63,639,638	2.33%	1.21%
1998	1,606,899	64,519,859	2.24%	1.38%
1999	1,641,997	65,445,391	2.18%	1.43%
2000	1,677,382	66,418,659	2.15%	1.49%
2001	1,712,254	67,452,005	2.08%	1.56%
2002	1,744,763	68,011,317	1.9%	0.83%
2003	1,775,736	68,769,340	1.78%	1.11%
2004	1,807,146	70,256,316	1.77%	2.16%
2005	1,839,877	71,828,455	1.81%	2.24%
2006	1,874,516	73,392,747	1.88%	2.18%
2007	1,911,201	74,602,648	1.96%	1.65%
2008	1,949,970	75,514,204	2.03%	1.22%
2009	1,990,673	76,457,825	2.09%	1.25%
2010	2,033,111	77,420,842	2.13%	1.26%
2011	2,073,535	78,383,598	1.99%	1.24%
2012	2,108,617	79,370,580	1.69%	1.26%
2013	2,140,682	80,414,686	1.52%	1.32%
2014	2,172,044	81,502,045	1.47%	1.35%
2015	2,203,273	82,619,362	1.44%	1.37%
2016	2,234,776	83,812,228	1.43%	1.44%
2017	2,266,747	85,026,754	1.43%	1.45%
2018	2,299,141	86,117,998	1.43%	1.28%
2019	2,332,083	87,051,648	1.43%	1.08%
2020	2,365,894	87,723,443	1.45%	0.77%
2021	2,401,441	88,455,488	1.5%	0.83%
2022	2,439,892	89,524,246	1.6%	1.21%
2023	2,480,244	90,608,707	1.65%	1.21%
2024	2,521,139	91,567,738	1.65%	1.06%
2025	2,562,118	92,417,685	1.63%	0.93%
2026	2,603,385	93,168,494	1.61%	0.81%
2027	2,644,640	93,838,646	1.58%	0.72%
2028	2,685,602	94,440,024	1.55%	0.64%
2029	2,726,042	94,985,102	1.51%	0.58%
2030	2,765,913	95,486,672	1.46%	0.53%
2031	2,804,987	95,960,723	1.41%	0.5%
2032	2,843,228	96,415,457	1.36%	0.47%
2033	2,880,982	96,850,659	1.33%	0.45%
2034	2,917,972	97,271,044	1.28%	0.43%
2035	2,954,411	97,679,258	1.25%	0.42%
2036	2,990,130	98,075,324	1.21%	0.41%
2037	3,025,222	98,458,805	1.17%	0.39%
2038	3,059,525	98,828,318	1.13%	0.38%
2039	3,093,371	99,182,806	1.11%	0.36%
2040	3,126,637	99,524,286	1.08%	0.34%
2041	3,159,130	99,853,719	1.04%	0.33%
2042	3,190,968	100,167,076	1.01%	0.31%
2043	3,222,560	100,462,092	0.99%	0.29%
2044	3,254,012	100,737,592	0.98%	0.27%
2045	3,285,297	100,990,622	0.96%	0.25%
2046	3,316,997	101,219,689	0.96%	0.23%
2047	3,348,491	101,424,009	0.95%	0.2%
2048	3,379,103	101,601,932	0.91%	0.18%
2049	3,408,763	101,748,544	0.88%	0.14%
2050	3,437,424	101,862,002	0.84%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while Iran gained 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while Iran's population increased by 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. Iran was ranked 17th in 2006 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.