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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	Sudan	Botswana	Sudan
1960	516,165	8,364,489	-	-
1961	527,942	8,634,941	2.28%	3.23%
1962	540,186	8,919,028	2.32%	3.29%
1963	552,966	9,218,077	2.37%	3.35%
1964	566,266	9,531,109	2.41%	3.4%
1965	574,664	9,858,030	1.48%	3.43%
1966	577,866	10,197,578	0.56%	3.44%
1967	580,933	10,550,597	0.53%	3.46%
1968	583,966	10,917,999	0.52%	3.48%
1969	587,066	11,298,936	0.53%	3.49%
1970	590,334	11,695,771	0.56%	3.51%
1971	600,481	12,105,539	1.72%	3.5%
1972	622,407	12,527,856	3.65%	3.49%
1973	652,408	13,049,315	4.82%	4.16%
1974	685,448	13,580,723	5.06%	4.07%
1975	720,380	14,064,798	5.1%	3.56%
1976	758,508	14,569,716	5.29%	3.59%
1977	799,574	15,086,614	5.41%	3.55%
1978	849,239	15,695,003	6.21%	4.03%
1979	901,742	16,355,352	6.18%	4.21%
1980	937,485	17,058,905	3.96%	4.3%
1981	969,996	17,780,572	3.47%	4.23%
1982	1,009,269	18,486,645	4.05%	3.97%
1983	1,046,137	19,109,770	3.65%	3.37%
1984	1,083,660	19,546,528	3.59%	2.29%
1985	1,121,945	19,905,872	3.53%	1.84%
1986	1,160,650	20,288,238	3.45%	1.92%
1987	1,199,167	20,704,904	3.32%	2.05%
1988	1,235,476	21,138,431	3.03%	2.09%
1989	1,270,274	21,578,022	2.82%	2.08%
1990	1,305,696	22,021,481	2.79%	2.06%
1991	1,341,756	22,470,676	2.76%	2.04%
1992	1,380,033	22,927,355	2.85%	2.03%
1993	1,420,115	23,445,592	2.9%	2.26%
1994	1,460,023	24,043,948	2.81%	2.55%
1995	1,498,836	24,672,143	2.66%	2.61%
1996	1,535,914	25,231,528	2.47%	2.27%
1997	1,571,691	25,799,821	2.33%	2.25%
1998	1,606,899	26,458,999	2.24%	2.55%
1999	1,641,997	27,130,613	2.18%	2.54%
2000	1,677,382	27,816,745	2.15%	2.53%
2001	1,712,254	28,516,770	2.08%	2.52%
2002	1,744,763	29,228,727	1.9%	2.5%
2003	1,775,736	29,896,035	1.78%	2.28%
2004	1,807,146	30,556,637	1.77%	2.21%
2005	1,839,877	31,262,444	1.81%	2.31%
2006	1,874,516	31,992,435	1.88%	2.34%
2007	1,911,201	32,764,135	1.96%	2.41%
2008	1,949,970	33,623,980	2.03%	2.62%
2009	1,990,673	34,569,113	2.09%	2.81%
2010	2,033,111	35,414,399	2.13%	2.45%
2011	2,073,535	36,140,806	1.99%	2.05%
2012	2,108,617	36,923,178	1.69%	2.16%
2013	2,140,682	37,785,849	1.52%	2.34%
2014	2,172,044	38,823,318	1.47%	2.75%
2015	2,203,273	40,024,431	1.44%	3.09%
2016	2,234,776	41,259,892	1.43%	3.09%
2017	2,266,747	42,714,306	1.43%	3.53%
2018	2,299,141	44,230,596	1.43%	3.55%
2019	2,332,083	45,548,175	1.43%	2.98%
2020	2,365,894	46,789,231	1.45%	2.72%
2021	2,401,441	48,066,924	1.5%	2.73%
2022	2,439,892	49,383,346	1.6%	2.74%
2023	2,480,244	50,042,791	1.65%	1.34%
2024	2,521,139	50,448,963	1.65%	0.81%
2025	2,562,118	51,662,152	1.63%	2.4%
2026	2,603,385	53,282,718	1.61%	3.14%
2027	2,644,640	54,724,215	1.58%	2.71%
2028	2,685,602	55,993,833	1.55%	2.32%
2029	2,726,042	57,275,443	1.51%	2.29%
2030	2,765,913	58,571,624	1.46%	2.26%
2031	2,804,987	59,872,936	1.41%	2.22%
2032	2,843,228	61,179,476	1.36%	2.18%
2033	2,880,982	62,497,205	1.33%	2.15%
2034	2,917,972	63,822,356	1.28%	2.12%
2035	2,954,411	65,148,317	1.25%	2.08%
2036	2,990,130	66,470,018	1.21%	2.03%
2037	3,025,222	67,791,240	1.17%	1.99%
2038	3,059,525	69,107,712	1.13%	1.94%
2039	3,093,371	70,416,631	1.11%	1.89%
2040	3,126,637	71,730,604	1.08%	1.87%
2041	3,159,130	73,056,213	1.04%	1.85%
2042	3,190,968	74,387,562	1.01%	1.82%
2043	3,222,560	75,723,670	0.99%	1.8%
2044	3,254,012	77,066,454	0.98%	1.77%
2045	3,285,297	78,415,205	0.96%	1.75%
2046	3,316,997	79,767,271	0.96%	1.72%
2047	3,348,491	81,115,241	0.95%	1.69%
2048	3,379,103	82,463,202	0.91%	1.66%
2049	3,408,763	83,828,356	0.88%	1.66%
2050	3,437,424	85,206,384	0.84%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Botswana increased by 360,260 people (a 19.2% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Botswana gained 369,059 (a 16.5% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2006 and is 142nd in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.