Population in Botswana compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Botswana and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Papua New Guinea	Botswana	Papua New Guinea
1960	516,165	1,995,110	-	-
1961	527,942	2,046,127	2.28%	2.56%
1962	540,186	2,093,919	2.32%	2.34%
1963	552,966	2,141,376	2.37%	2.27%
1964	566,266	2,188,325	2.41%	2.19%
1965	574,664	2,235,820	1.48%	2.17%
1966	577,866	2,285,774	0.56%	2.23%
1967	580,933	2,337,532	0.53%	2.26%
1968	583,966	2,390,803	0.52%	2.28%
1969	587,066	2,446,927	0.53%	2.35%
1970	590,334	2,505,628	0.56%	2.4%
1971	600,481	2,566,421	1.72%	2.43%
1972	622,407	2,628,432	3.65%	2.42%
1973	652,408	2,690,629	4.82%	2.37%
1974	685,448	2,752,671	5.06%	2.31%
1975	720,380	2,814,820	5.1%	2.26%
1976	758,508	2,877,327	5.29%	2.22%
1977	799,574	2,940,327	5.41%	2.19%
1978	849,239	3,003,714	6.21%	2.16%
1979	901,742	3,067,341	6.18%	2.12%
1980	937,485	3,131,512	3.96%	2.09%
1981	969,996	3,197,019	3.47%	2.09%
1982	1,009,269	3,264,291	4.05%	2.1%
1983	1,046,137	3,333,633	3.65%	2.12%
1984	1,083,660	3,405,198	3.59%	2.15%
1985	1,121,945	3,478,936	3.53%	2.17%
1986	1,160,650	3,554,793	3.45%	2.18%
1987	1,199,167	3,632,543	3.32%	2.19%
1988	1,235,476	3,711,880	3.03%	2.18%
1989	1,270,274	3,796,078	2.82%	2.27%
1990	1,305,696	3,896,481	2.79%	2.64%
1991	1,341,756	4,021,837	2.76%	3.22%
1992	1,380,033	4,166,699	2.85%	3.6%
1993	1,420,115	4,320,872	2.9%	3.7%
1994	1,460,023	4,480,208	2.81%	3.69%
1995	1,498,836	4,644,278	2.66%	3.66%
1996	1,535,914	4,813,361	2.47%	3.64%
1997	1,571,691	4,987,883	2.33%	3.63%
1998	1,606,899	5,166,390	2.24%	3.58%
1999	1,641,997	5,349,333	2.18%	3.54%
2000	1,677,382	5,537,064	2.15%	3.51%
2001	1,712,254	5,728,435	2.08%	3.46%
2002	1,744,763	5,924,003	1.9%	3.41%
2003	1,775,736	6,123,997	1.78%	3.38%
2004	1,807,146	6,328,041	1.77%	3.33%
2005	1,839,877	6,535,905	1.81%	3.28%
2006	1,874,516	6,747,720	1.88%	3.24%
2007	1,911,201	6,963,345	1.96%	3.2%
2008	1,949,970	7,183,002	2.03%	3.15%
2009	1,990,673	7,406,438	2.09%	3.11%
2010	2,033,111	7,633,523	2.13%	3.07%
2011	2,073,535	7,859,346	1.99%	2.96%
2012	2,108,617	8,081,390	1.69%	2.83%
2013	2,140,682	8,302,698	1.52%	2.74%
2014	2,172,044	8,523,441	1.47%	2.66%
2015	2,203,273	8,743,246	1.44%	2.58%
2016	2,234,776	8,961,718	1.43%	2.5%
2017	2,266,747	9,178,714	1.43%	2.42%
2018	2,299,141	9,394,513	1.43%	2.35%
2019	2,332,083	9,609,010	1.43%	2.28%
2020	2,365,894	9,815,746	1.45%	2.15%
2021	2,401,441	10,012,896	1.5%	2.01%
2022	2,439,892	10,203,169	1.6%	1.9%
2023	2,480,244	10,389,635	1.65%	1.83%
2024	2,521,139	10,576,502	1.65%	1.8%
2025	2,562,118	10,762,813	1.63%	1.76%
2026	2,603,385	10,947,845	1.61%	1.72%
2027	2,644,640	11,131,268	1.58%	1.68%
2028	2,685,602	11,312,895	1.55%	1.63%
2029	2,726,042	11,492,799	1.51%	1.59%
2030	2,765,913	11,671,420	1.46%	1.55%
2031	2,804,987	11,848,221	1.41%	1.51%
2032	2,843,228	12,023,121	1.36%	1.48%
2033	2,880,982	12,196,639	1.33%	1.44%
2034	2,917,972	12,369,248	1.28%	1.42%
2035	2,954,411	12,540,596	1.25%	1.39%
2036	2,990,130	12,710,682	1.21%	1.36%
2037	3,025,222	12,879,737	1.17%	1.33%
2038	3,059,525	13,047,122	1.13%	1.3%
2039	3,093,371	13,212,668	1.11%	1.27%
2040	3,126,637	13,376,156	1.08%	1.24%
2041	3,159,130	13,537,361	1.04%	1.21%
2042	3,190,968	13,696,139	1.01%	1.17%
2043	3,222,560	13,853,410	0.99%	1.15%
2044	3,254,012	14,009,926	0.98%	1.13%
2045	3,285,297	14,165,578	0.96%	1.11%
2046	3,316,997	14,318,889	0.96%	1.08%
2047	3,348,491	14,469,210	0.95%	1.05%
2048	3,379,103	14,617,364	0.91%	1.02%
2049	3,408,763	14,763,600	0.88%	1%
2050	3,437,424	14,906,584	0.84%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.