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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Nigeria	Botswana	Nigeria
1960	516,165	45,053,782	-	-
1961	527,942	45,989,310	2.28%	2.08%
1962	540,186	46,965,292	2.32%	2.12%
1963	552,966	47,973,575	2.37%	2.15%
1964	566,266	49,012,016	2.41%	2.16%
1965	574,664	50,086,764	1.48%	2.19%
1966	577,866	51,188,234	0.56%	2.2%
1967	580,933	52,293,065	0.53%	2.16%
1968	583,966	53,432,783	0.52%	2.18%
1969	587,066	54,631,914	0.53%	2.24%
1970	590,334	55,893,838	0.56%	2.31%
1971	600,481	57,214,684	1.72%	2.36%
1972	622,407	58,601,748	3.65%	2.42%
1973	652,408	60,082,139	4.82%	2.53%
1974	685,448	61,679,144	5.06%	2.66%
1975	720,380	63,410,815	5.1%	2.81%
1976	758,508	65,258,009	5.29%	2.91%
1977	799,574	67,234,590	5.41%	3.03%
1978	849,239	69,326,532	6.21%	3.11%
1979	901,742	71,498,242	6.18%	3.13%
1980	937,485	73,764,641	3.96%	3.17%
1981	969,996	76,068,103	3.47%	3.12%
1982	1,009,269	78,378,701	4.05%	3.04%
1983	1,046,137	80,438,260	3.65%	2.63%
1984	1,083,660	82,526,443	3.59%	2.6%
1985	1,121,945	84,897,973	3.53%	2.87%
1986	1,160,650	87,235,953	3.45%	2.75%
1987	1,199,167	89,591,716	3.32%	2.7%
1988	1,235,476	92,020,090	3.03%	2.71%
1989	1,270,274	94,531,014	2.82%	2.73%
1990	1,305,696	97,120,925	2.79%	2.74%
1991	1,341,756	99,720,162	2.76%	2.68%
1992	1,380,033	102,372,770	2.85%	2.66%
1993	1,420,115	105,122,069	2.9%	2.69%
1994	1,460,023	107,935,714	2.81%	2.68%
1995	1,498,836	110,819,428	2.66%	2.67%
1996	1,535,914	113,754,779	2.47%	2.65%
1997	1,571,691	116,754,792	2.33%	2.64%
1998	1,606,899	119,846,254	2.24%	2.65%
1999	1,641,997	123,047,320	2.18%	2.67%
2000	1,677,382	126,382,494	2.15%	2.71%
2001	1,712,254	129,862,595	2.08%	2.75%
2002	1,744,763	133,471,989	1.9%	2.78%
2003	1,775,736	137,202,644	1.78%	2.8%
2004	1,807,146	141,057,045	1.77%	2.81%
2005	1,839,877	145,017,253	1.81%	2.81%
2006	1,874,516	149,077,334	1.88%	2.8%
2007	1,911,201	153,267,261	1.96%	2.81%
2008	1,949,970	157,595,014	2.03%	2.82%
2009	1,990,673	162,049,464	2.09%	2.83%
2010	2,033,111	166,642,886	2.13%	2.83%
2011	2,073,535	171,379,598	1.99%	2.84%
2012	2,108,617	176,200,625	1.69%	2.81%
2013	2,140,682	181,049,443	1.52%	2.75%
2014	2,172,044	185,896,915	1.47%	2.68%
2015	2,203,273	190,671,878	1.44%	2.57%
2016	2,234,776	195,443,700	1.43%	2.5%
2017	2,266,747	200,254,579	1.43%	2.46%
2018	2,299,141	204,938,755	1.43%	2.34%
2019	2,332,083	209,485,641	1.43%	2.22%
2020	2,365,894	213,996,181	1.45%	2.15%
2021	2,401,441	218,529,286	1.5%	2.12%
2022	2,439,892	223,150,896	1.6%	2.11%
2023	2,480,244	227,882,945	1.65%	2.12%
2024	2,521,139	232,679,478	1.65%	2.1%
2025	2,562,118	237,527,783	1.63%	2.08%
2026	2,603,385	242,431,830	1.61%	2.06%
2027	2,644,640	247,374,258	1.58%	2.04%
2028	2,685,602	252,346,128	1.55%	2.01%
2029	2,726,042	257,352,638	1.51%	1.98%
2030	2,765,913	262,380,975	1.46%	1.95%
2031	2,804,987	267,421,079	1.41%	1.92%
2032	2,843,228	272,483,635	1.36%	1.89%
2033	2,880,982	277,555,116	1.33%	1.86%
2034	2,917,972	282,622,388	1.28%	1.83%
2035	2,954,411	287,685,757	1.25%	1.79%
2036	2,990,130	292,739,390	1.21%	1.76%
2037	3,025,222	297,773,236	1.17%	1.72%
2038	3,059,525	302,782,350	1.13%	1.68%
2039	3,093,371	307,764,754	1.11%	1.65%
2040	3,126,637	312,710,403	1.08%	1.61%
2041	3,159,130	317,607,237	1.04%	1.57%
2042	3,190,968	322,450,302	1.01%	1.52%
2043	3,222,560	327,243,941	0.99%	1.49%
2044	3,254,012	331,983,354	0.98%	1.45%
2045	3,285,297	336,662,502	0.96%	1.41%
2046	3,316,997	341,281,757	0.96%	1.37%
2047	3,348,491	345,844,004	0.95%	1.34%
2048	3,379,103	350,347,757	0.91%	1.3%
2049	3,408,763	354,792,418	0.88%	1.27%
2050	3,437,424	359,185,550	0.84%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.