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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Botswana

Most recent
2,562,122 (2025)
Earliest
516,165 (1960)
Highest
2,562,122 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Botswana at the United Nations
02,500,0005,000,0001960: 516,1651961: 527,9421962: 540,1861963: 552,9661964: 566,2661965: 574,6641966: 577,8661967: 580,9331968: 583,9661969: 587,0661970: 590,3341971: 600,4811972: 622,4071973: 652,4081974: 685,4481975: 720,3801976: 758,5081977: 799,5741978: 849,2391979: 901,7421980: 937,4851981: 969,9961982: 1,009,2691983: 1,046,1371984: 1,083,6601985: 1,121,9451986: 1,160,6501987: 1,199,1671988: 1,235,4761989: 1,270,2741990: 1,305,6961991: 1,341,7561992: 1,380,0331993: 1,420,1151994: 1,460,0231995: 1,498,8361996: 1,535,9141997: 1,571,6911998: 1,606,8991999: 1,641,9972000: 1,677,3822001: 1,712,2542002: 1,744,7632003: 1,775,7362004: 1,807,1462005: 1,839,8772006: 1,874,5162007: 1,911,2012008: 1,949,9702009: 1,990,6732010: 2,033,1112011: 2,073,5352012: 2,108,6172013: 2,140,6822014: 2,172,0442015: 2,203,2732016: 2,234,7762017: 2,266,7472018: 2,299,1412019: 2,332,0832020: 2,365,8942021: 2,401,4412022: 2,439,8922023: 2,480,2442024: 2,521,1392025: 2,562,12219602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20252,562,122
20242,521,139
20232,480,244
20222,439,892
20212,401,441
20202,365,894
20192,332,083
20182,299,141
20172,266,747
20162,234,776
20152,203,273
20142,172,044
20132,140,682
20122,108,617
20112,073,535
20102,033,111
20091,990,673
20081,949,970
20071,911,201
20061,874,516
20051,839,877
20041,807,146
20031,775,736
20021,744,763
20011,712,254
20001,677,382
19991,641,997
19981,606,899
19971,571,691
19961,535,914
19951,498,836
19941,460,023
19931,420,115
19921,380,033
19911,341,756
19901,305,696
19891,270,274
19881,235,476
19871,199,167
19861,160,650
19851,121,945
19841,083,660
19831,046,137
19821,009,269
1981969,996
1980937,485
1979901,742
1978849,239
1977799,574
1976758,508
1975720,380
1974685,448
1973652,408
1972622,407
1971600,481
1970590,334
1969587,066
1968583,966
1967580,933
1966577,866
1965574,664
1964566,266
1963552,966
1962540,186
1961527,942
1960516,165

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