Population in Botswana compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Botswana and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Botswana	United Kingdom	Botswana	United Kingdom
1960	516,165	52,400,000	-	-
1961	527,942	52,800,000	2.28%	0.76%
1962	540,186	53,250,000	2.32%	0.85%
1963	552,966	53,650,000	2.37%	0.75%
1964	566,266	54,000,000	2.41%	0.65%
1965	574,664	54,348,050	1.48%	0.64%
1966	577,866	54,648,500	0.56%	0.55%
1967	580,933	54,943,600	0.53%	0.54%
1968	583,966	55,211,700	0.52%	0.49%
1969	587,066	55,441,750	0.53%	0.42%
1970	590,334	55,663,250	0.56%	0.4%
1971	600,481	55,896,223	1.72%	0.42%
1972	622,407	56,086,065	3.65%	0.34%
1973	652,408	56,194,527	4.82%	0.19%
1974	685,448	56,229,974	5.06%	0.06%
1975	720,380	56,225,800	5.1%	-0.007%
1976	758,508	56,211,968	5.29%	-0.02%
1977	799,574	56,193,492	5.41%	-0.03%
1978	849,239	56,196,504	6.21%	0.005%
1979	901,742	56,246,951	6.18%	0.09%
1980	937,485	56,314,216	3.96%	0.12%
1981	969,996	56,333,829	3.47%	0.03%
1982	1,009,269	56,313,641	4.05%	-0.04%
1983	1,046,137	56,332,848	3.65%	0.03%
1984	1,083,660	56,422,072	3.59%	0.16%
1985	1,121,945	56,550,268	3.53%	0.23%
1986	1,160,650	56,681,396	3.45%	0.23%
1987	1,199,167	56,802,050	3.32%	0.21%
1988	1,235,476	56,928,327	3.03%	0.22%
1989	1,270,274	57,076,711	2.82%	0.26%
1990	1,305,696	57,247,586	2.79%	0.3%
1991	1,341,756	57,424,897	2.76%	0.31%
1992	1,380,033	57,580,402	2.85%	0.27%
1993	1,420,115	57,718,614	2.9%	0.24%
1994	1,460,023	57,865,745	2.81%	0.25%
1995	1,498,836	58,019,030	2.66%	0.26%
1996	1,535,914	58,166,950	2.47%	0.25%
1997	1,571,691	58,316,954	2.33%	0.26%
1998	1,606,899	58,487,141	2.24%	0.29%
1999	1,641,997	58,682,466	2.18%	0.33%
2000	1,677,382	58,892,514	2.15%	0.36%
2001	1,712,254	59,119,673	2.08%	0.39%
2002	1,744,763	59,370,479	1.9%	0.42%
2003	1,775,736	59,647,577	1.78%	0.47%
2004	1,807,146	59,987,905	1.77%	0.57%
2005	1,839,877	60,401,206	1.81%	0.69%
2006	1,874,516	60,846,820	1.88%	0.74%
2007	1,911,201	61,322,463	1.96%	0.78%
2008	1,949,970	61,806,995	2.03%	0.79%
2009	1,990,673	62,276,270	2.09%	0.76%
2010	2,033,111	62,766,365	2.13%	0.79%
2011	2,073,535	63,258,810	1.99%	0.78%
2012	2,108,617	63,711,000	1.69%	0.71%
2013	2,140,682	64,139,000	1.52%	0.67%
2014	2,172,044	64,620,000	1.47%	0.75%
2015	2,203,273	65,088,000	1.44%	0.72%
2016	2,234,776	65,607,000	1.43%	0.8%
2017	2,266,747	65,966,000	1.43%	0.55%
2018	2,299,141	66,289,000	1.43%	0.49%
2019	2,332,083	66,631,000	1.43%	0.52%
2020	2,365,894	66,744,000	1.45%	0.17%
2021	2,401,441	66,984,000	1.5%	0.36%
2022	2,439,892	67,604,000	1.6%	0.93%
2023	2,480,244	68,492,000	1.65%	1.31%
2024	2,521,139	69,226,000	1.65%	1.07%
2025	2,562,118	69,639,673	1.63%	0.6%
2026	2,603,385	70,020,350	1.61%	0.55%
2027	2,644,640	70,382,853	1.58%	0.52%
2028	2,685,602	70,732,699	1.55%	0.5%
2029	2,726,042	71,061,482	1.51%	0.46%
2030	2,765,913	71,377,535	1.46%	0.44%
2031	2,804,987	71,678,351	1.41%	0.42%
2032	2,843,228	71,959,934	1.36%	0.39%
2033	2,880,982	72,234,509	1.33%	0.38%
2034	2,917,972	72,497,650	1.28%	0.36%
2035	2,954,411	72,749,096	1.25%	0.35%
2036	2,990,130	72,990,847	1.21%	0.33%
2037	3,025,222	73,218,850	1.17%	0.31%
2038	3,059,525	73,441,349	1.13%	0.3%
2039	3,093,371	73,658,392	1.11%	0.3%
2040	3,126,637	73,868,334	1.08%	0.29%
2041	3,159,130	74,074,316	1.04%	0.28%
2042	3,190,968	74,275,779	1.01%	0.27%
2043	3,222,560	74,475,035	0.99%	0.27%
2044	3,254,012	74,667,284	0.98%	0.26%
2045	3,285,297	74,848,605	0.96%	0.24%
2046	3,316,997	75,020,949	0.96%	0.23%
2047	3,348,491	75,184,478	0.95%	0.22%
2048	3,379,103	75,337,543	0.91%	0.2%
2049	3,408,763	75,476,141	0.88%	0.18%
2050	3,437,424	75,600,588	0.84%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Botswana increased by 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Botswana gained 391,993 (a 17.8% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Botswana was ranked 145th most populous country in 2005 and is 143rd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.