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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Botswana was 2,521,139 in 2024 vs 623,831 people in Montenegro in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Botswana's population is 2,595,266 people compared to 618,209 in Montenegro.

Population statistics:

  • Botswana's population is 4.2 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Botswana is ranked the 143rd most populous country in the world, while Montenegro is the 166th.
  • The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.03% for Botswana vs 0.007% for Montenegro.
  • For the last 10 years, Botswana has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +0.02% in Montenegro.
  • Since 2005, the population of Botswana has increased from 1.84M people to 2.6M (41.1% growth), while Montenegro has grown from 614K to 618K (0.64% growth).
  • Botswana is projected to reach its peak in 2088 at 3.89M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.

Botswana vs Montenegro: live population counter

Botswana Montenegro
Current population
2595266
618209
Population rank 143/197 166/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.007%
One net population change
12.9 minutes
1.21 days
One birth every
8.58 minutes
1.25 hours
One death every
37 minutes
1.39 hours
One migration net change every
1.52 hours
5.2 hours
Annual migration change -5,778 -1,686
Daily growth/decline +112 +1
Annual growth/decline +40,895 +302
Annual growth/decline rate +1.65% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 69/197 163/197

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

Botswana
Population

Growth rate
Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Botswana Montenegro Botswana Montenegro
1960 516,165 480,579 - -
1961 527,942 491,140 2.28% 2.2%
1962 540,186 502,558 2.32% 2.32%
1963 552,966 513,409 2.37% 2.16%
1964 566,266 521,753 2.41% 1.63%
1965 574,664 526,327 1.48% 0.88%
1966 577,866 526,419 0.56% 0.02%
1967 580,933 522,796 0.53% -0.69%
1968 583,966 517,481 0.52% -1.02%
1969 587,066 513,340 0.53% -0.8%
1970 590,334 512,407 0.56% -0.18%
1971 600,481 515,449 1.72% 0.59%
1972 622,407 521,785 3.65% 1.23%
1973 652,408 530,220 4.82% 1.62%
1974 685,448 538,902 5.06% 1.64%
1975 720,380 546,487 5.1% 1.41%
1976 758,508 552,562 5.29% 1.11%
1977 799,574 557,576 5.41% 0.91%
1978 849,239 562,065 6.21% 0.81%
1979 901,742 566,888 6.18% 0.86%
1980 937,485 572,608 3.96% 1.01%
1981 969,996 579,445 3.47% 1.19%
1982 1,009,269 587,001 4.05% 1.3%
1983 1,046,137 594,506 3.65% 1.28%
1984 1,083,660 600,884 3.59% 1.07%
1985 1,121,945 605,398 3.53% 0.75%
1986 1,160,650 607,711 3.45% 0.38%
1987 1,199,167 608,144 3.32% 0.07%
1988 1,235,476 607,413 3.03% -0.12%
1989 1,270,274 606,571 2.82% -0.14%
1990 1,305,696 606,372 2.79% -0.03%
1991 1,341,756 607,105 2.76% 0.12%
1992 1,380,033 608,516 2.85% 0.23%
1993 1,420,115 610,170 2.9% 0.27%
1994 1,460,023 611,389 2.81% 0.2%
1995 1,498,836 611,712 2.66% 0.05%
1996 1,535,914 611,003 2.47% -0.12%
1997 1,571,691 609,520 2.33% -0.24%
1998 1,606,899 607,662 2.24% -0.3%
1999 1,641,997 606,001 2.18% -0.27%
2000 1,677,382 604,950 2.15% -0.17%
2001 1,712,254 607,389 2.08% 0.4%
2002 1,744,763 609,828 1.9% 0.4%
2003 1,775,736 612,267 1.78% 0.4%
2004 1,807,146 613,353 1.77% 0.18%
2005 1,839,877 614,261 1.81% 0.15%
2006 1,874,516 615,025 1.88% 0.12%
2007 1,911,201 615,875 1.96% 0.14%
2008 1,949,970 616,969 2.03% 0.18%
2009 1,990,673 618,294 2.09% 0.21%
2010 2,033,111 619,428 2.13% 0.18%
2011 2,073,535 620,345 1.99% 0.15%
2012 2,108,617 621,418 1.69% 0.17%
2013 2,140,682 622,587 1.52% 0.19%
2014 2,172,044 623,744 1.47% 0.19%
2015 2,203,273 624,651 1.44% 0.15%
2016 2,234,776 625,353 1.43% 0.11%
2017 2,266,747 625,982 1.43% 0.1%
2018 2,299,141 626,438 1.43% 0.07%
2019 2,332,083 626,753 1.43% 0.05%
2020 2,365,894 626,590 1.45% -0.03%
2021 2,401,441 625,053 1.5% -0.25%
2022 2,439,892 623,591 1.6% -0.23%
2023 2,480,244 623,529 1.65% -0.01%
2024 2,521,139 623,831 1.65% 0.05%
2025 2,562,118 618,209 1.63% -0.9%
2026 2,603,385 611,868 1.61% -1.03%
2027 2,644,640 608,570 1.58% -0.54%
2028 2,685,602 605,281 1.55% -0.54%
2029 2,726,042 601,917 1.51% -0.56%
2030 2,765,913 598,501 1.46% -0.57%
2031 2,804,987 595,047 1.41% -0.58%
2032 2,843,228 591,507 1.36% -0.59%
2033 2,880,982 587,900 1.33% -0.61%
2034 2,917,972 584,230 1.28% -0.62%
2035 2,954,411 580,502 1.25% -0.64%
2036 2,990,130 576,713 1.21% -0.65%
2037 3,025,222 572,889 1.17% -0.66%
2038 3,059,525 569,027 1.13% -0.67%
2039 3,093,371 565,147 1.11% -0.68%
2040 3,126,637 561,254 1.08% -0.69%
2041 3,159,130 557,345 1.04% -0.7%
2042 3,190,968 553,430 1.01% -0.7%
2043 3,222,560 549,485 0.99% -0.71%
2044 3,254,012 545,508 0.98% -0.72%
2045 3,285,297 541,510 0.96% -0.73%
2046 3,316,997 537,487 0.96% -0.74%
2047 3,348,491 533,411 0.95% -0.76%
2048 3,379,103 529,311 0.91% -0.77%
2049 3,408,763 525,208 0.88% -0.78%
2050 3,437,424 521,056 0.84% -0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Botswana increased by 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Botswana gained 391,993 (a 17.8% growth), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2005 and is 143rd in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.

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