The latest officially reported population of Botswana was 2,521,139 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Botswana's population is 2,595,266 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 47.5 times bigger than Botswana's.
- Botswana is ranked the 143rd most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.52% of the world: 0.03% for Botswana vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Botswana has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Botswana has increased from 1.84M people to 2.6M (41.1% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Botswana is projected to reach its peak in 2088 at 3.89M people, while Japan's population already peaked in 2010 at 128M people and is projected to decrease to 77M people by 2100.
Botswana vs Japan: live population counter
Botswana
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Japan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
2595266
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123324642
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| Population rank | 143/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
12.9 minutes
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58.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
8.58 minutes
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42.2 seconds
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| One death every |
37 minutes
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19.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.52 hours
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3.43 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -5,778 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +112 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +40,895 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.65% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 69/197 | 182/197 |
Botswana and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Botswana
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Botswana
|
Japan
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Botswana
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 516,165 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 527,942 | 94,055,000 | 2.28% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 540,186 | 94,933,000 | 2.32% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 552,966 | 95,900,000 | 2.37% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 566,266 | 96,903,000 | 2.41% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 574,664 | 97,952,000 | 1.48% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 577,866 | 98,851,000 | 0.56% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 580,933 | 99,879,000 | 0.53% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 583,966 | 101,011,000 | 0.52% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 587,066 | 102,219,000 | 0.53% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 590,334 | 103,403,000 | 0.56% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 600,481 | 105,697,000 | 1.72% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 622,407 | 107,188,000 | 3.65% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 652,408 | 108,707,000 | 4.82% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 685,448 | 110,162,000 | 5.06% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 720,380 | 111,573,000 | 5.1% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 758,508 | 112,775,000 | 5.29% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 799,574 | 113,872,000 | 5.41% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 849,239 | 114,913,000 | 6.21% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 901,742 | 115,890,000 | 6.18% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 937,485 | 116,807,000 | 3.96% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 969,996 | 117,661,000 | 3.47% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 1,009,269 | 118,480,000 | 4.05% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 1,046,137 | 119,307,000 | 3.65% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 1,083,660 | 120,083,000 | 3.59% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 1,121,945 | 120,837,000 | 3.53% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 1,160,650 | 121,482,000 | 3.45% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 1,199,167 | 122,069,000 | 3.32% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 1,235,476 | 122,578,000 | 3.03% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 1,270,274 | 123,069,000 | 2.82% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,305,696 | 123,478,000 | 2.79% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 1,341,756 | 123,964,000 | 2.76% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 1,380,033 | 124,425,000 | 2.85% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 1,420,115 | 124,829,000 | 2.9% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 1,460,023 | 125,178,000 | 2.81% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 1,498,836 | 125,472,000 | 2.66% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 1,535,914 | 125,757,000 | 2.47% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 1,571,691 | 126,057,000 | 2.33% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 1,606,899 | 126,400,000 | 2.24% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 1,641,997 | 126,631,000 | 2.18% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 1,677,382 | 126,843,000 | 2.15% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 1,712,254 | 127,149,000 | 2.08% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 1,744,763 | 127,445,000 | 1.9% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 1,775,736 | 127,718,000 | 1.78% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 1,807,146 | 127,761,000 | 1.77% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 1,839,877 | 127,773,000 | 1.81% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 1,874,516 | 127,854,000 | 1.88% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 1,911,201 | 128,001,000 | 1.96% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 1,949,970 | 128,063,000 | 2.03% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 1,990,673 | 128,047,000 | 2.09% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 2,033,111 | 128,070,000 | 2.13% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 2,073,535 | 127,833,000 | 1.99% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 2,108,617 | 127,629,000 | 1.69% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 2,140,682 | 127,445,000 | 1.52% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 2,172,044 | 127,276,000 | 1.47% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 2,203,273 | 127,141,000 | 1.44% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 2,234,776 | 127,076,000 | 1.43% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 2,266,747 | 126,972,000 | 1.43% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 2,299,141 | 126,811,000 | 1.43% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 2,332,083 | 126,633,000 | 1.43% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 2,365,894 | 126,261,000 | 1.45% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 2,401,441 | 125,681,593 | 1.5% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 2,439,892 | 125,124,989 | 1.6% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 2,480,244 | 124,516,650 | 1.65% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 2,521,139 | 123,975,371 | 1.65% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 2,562,118 | 123,324,642 | 1.63% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 2,603,385 | 122,647,678 | 1.61% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 2,644,640 | 121,951,038 | 1.58% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 2,685,602 | 121,241,776 | 1.55% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 2,726,042 | 120,524,230 | 1.51% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 2,765,913 | 119,798,959 | 1.46% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 2,804,987 | 119,065,610 | 1.41% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 2,843,228 | 118,326,333 | 1.36% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 2,880,982 | 117,583,337 | 1.33% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 2,917,972 | 116,836,274 | 1.28% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 2,954,411 | 116,084,328 | 1.25% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 2,990,130 | 115,332,395 | 1.21% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 3,025,222 | 114,582,890 | 1.17% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 3,059,525 | 113,837,760 | 1.13% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 3,093,371 | 113,097,352 | 1.11% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 3,126,637 | 112,359,802 | 1.08% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 3,159,130 | 111,622,622 | 1.04% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 3,190,968 | 110,891,223 | 1.01% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 3,222,560 | 110,169,955 | 0.99% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 3,254,012 | 109,455,823 | 0.98% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 3,285,297 | 108,747,012 | 0.96% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 3,316,997 | 108,044,346 | 0.96% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 3,348,491 | 107,350,486 | 0.95% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 3,379,103 | 106,665,616 | 0.91% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 3,408,763 | 105,986,908 | 0.88% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 3,437,424 | 105,312,022 | 0.84% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Botswana increased by 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Botswana gained 391,993 (a 17.8% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2005 and is 143rd in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Botswana and Japan
|
Botswana
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.4 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 26.7 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 24.2 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.8:50.2 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.73 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 11.5 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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