Botswana - Fertility Rate 1980
6.29
−0.10 from 1979
Botswana's fertility rate was 6.29 in 1980, decreased +0.10 from 6.40 in 1979. This was the 158th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1980▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Germany | 1.44 | 4.3% |
| 2nd | Channel Islands | 1.45 | -1.4% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.50 | 1.4% |
| 4th | San Marino | 1.53 | -6.7% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 1.55 | 2.0% |
| 6th | Denmark | 1.55 | -3.1% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 1.60 | 2.6% |
| 8th | Finland | 1.63 | -0.6% |
| 9th | Cuba | 1.64 | -7.6% |
| 10th | Italy | 1.64 | -5.2% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.65 | 3.1% |
| 12th | Bermuda | 1.66 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Belgium | 1.68 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Sweden | 1.68 | 1.2% |
| 15th | Liechtenstein | 1.70 | 1.4% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.72 | -1.7% |
| 17th | Macao SAR, China | 1.73 | 9.6% |
| 18th | Canada | 1.74 | -0.8% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 20th | Barbados | 1.78 | -4.6% |
| 21st | Singapore | 1.82 | 1.7% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 1.83 | 1.9% |
| 23rd | United States | 1.84 | 1.7% |
| 24th | France | 1.85 | -1.1% |
| 25th | Latvia | 1.86 | -0.5% |
| 26th | Serbia | 1.86 | -0.6% |
| 27th | European Union | 1.87 | -1.8% |
| 28th | Russian Federation | 1.89 | -0.5% |
| 29th | Australia | 1.89 | -0.8% |
| 30th | United Kingdom | 1.90 | 2.2% |
| 31st | Hungary | 1.91 | -5.0% |
| 32nd | Croatia | 1.93 | -0.8% |
| 33rd | Ukraine | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 34th | Isle of Man | 1.95 | -0.3% |
| 35th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.98 | -0.7% |
| 36th | Lithuania | 1.99 | -2.9% |
| 37th | Malta | 1.99 | -5.2% |
| 38th | Estonia | 2.02 | 1.0% |
| 39th | Belarus | 2.03 | -1.0% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 2.03 | -4.2% |
| 41st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.05 | -3.4% |
| 42nd | Bulgaria | 2.05 | -5.1% |
| 43rd | Czechia | 2.08 | -8.4% |
| 44th | Slovenia | 2.11 | -4.7% |
| 45th | Aruba | 2.20 | -2.4% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 2.22 | 0.9% |
| 47th | Spain | 2.22 | -6.3% |
| 48th | Greece | 2.23 | -1.3% |
| 49th | Monaco | 2.24 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Portugal | 2.25 | -2.6% |
| 51st | Curaçao | 2.27 | -1.7% |
| 52nd | Poland | 2.28 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Cyprus | 2.30 | 7.6% |
| 54th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.31 | -12.2% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 2.32 | -5.3% |
| 56th | Georgia | 2.35 | -1.5% |
| 57th | North Macedonia | 2.36 | -1.6% |
| 58th | Moldova | 2.38 | -0.1% |
| 59th | Cayman Islands | 2.41 | 1.6% |
| 60th | Romania | 2.43 | -2.4% |
| 61st | Greenland | 2.44 | 11.3% |
| 62nd | Faroe Islands | 2.46 | -8.6% |
| 63rd | Armenia | 2.48 | -2.0% |
| 64th | Iceland | 2.48 | -0.4% |
| 65th | Gibraltar | 2.57 | 1.7% |
| 66th | Uruguay | 2.59 | -4.5% |
| 67th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.59 | -1.4% |
| 68th | China | 2.74 | -0.2% |
| 69th | Chile | 2.74 | -2.4% |
| 70th | Mauritius | 2.80 | -3.8% |
| 71st | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.82 | -1.1% |
| 72nd | Korea | 2.82 | -2.8% |
| 73rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.84 | -0.3% |
| 74th | Bahamas, The | 2.84 | -3.2% |
| 75th | British Virgin Islands | 2.92 | -4.6% |
| 76th | Dominica | 3.04 | 2.5% |
| 77th | Guam | 3.04 | 0.2% |
| 78th | Kazakhstan | 3.09 | -1.4% |
| 79th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.11 | 2.1% |
| 80th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.15 | 0.6% |
| 81st | Ireland | 3.21 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Israel | 3.24 | -1.7% |
| 83rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.26 | 1.0% |
| 84th | Thailand | 3.29 | -4.6% |
| 85th | Grenada | 3.30 | -1.4% |
| 86th | Argentina | 3.30 | -1.1% |
| 87th | Palau | 3.35 | -3.9% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 3.50 | -3.0% |
| 89th | Costa Rica | 3.58 | -1.9% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 3.59 | -3.5% |
| 91st | Albania | 3.59 | -5.1% |
| 92nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.65 | -9.9% |
| 93rd | New Caledonia | 3.66 | -2.4% |
| 94th | Sri Lanka | 3.73 | -2.5% |
| 95th | Tuvalu | 3.73 | 2.3% |
| 96th | Guyana | 3.77 | -2.3% |
| 97th | Seychelles | 3.79 | 3.6% |
| 98th | Suriname | 3.79 | -3.4% |
| 99th | Panama | 3.80 | -2.3% |
| 100th | Colombia | 3.80 | -2.3% |
| 101st | Nauru | 3.88 | 0.8% |
| 102nd | St. Martin (French part) | 3.88 | -5.5% |
| 103rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.92 | -8.6% |
| 104th | French Polynesia | 3.94 | -0.2% |
| 105th | Lebanon | 4.01 | -1.6% |
| 106th | Malaysia | 4.04 | -1.4% |
| 107th | Brazil | 4.04 | -2.0% |
| 108th | Fiji | 4.04 | -1.0% |
| 109th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.07 | -3.5% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.23 | -3.5% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 4.30 | -3.8% |
| 112th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.37 | -1.4% |
| 113th | St. Lucia | 4.41 | -3.7% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 4.45 | -2.8% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 4.50 | -2.8% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 4.63 | -2.7% |
| 117th | Kosovo | 4.66 | -0.8% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 4.73 | -2.6% |
| 119th | Mexico | 4.74 | -4.5% |
| 120th | Bahrain | 4.76 | -3.5% |
| 121st | India | 4.78 | -0.7% |
| 122nd | South Africa | 4.78 | -0.8% |
| 123rd | Myanmar | 4.79 | -2.2% |
| 124th | Viet Nam | 4.80 | -2.9% |
| 125th | Kiribati | 4.96 | 0.0% |
| 126th | Tunisia | 5.03 | -2.9% |
| 127th | Uzbekistan | 5.04 | -2.3% |
| 128th | Peru | 5.04 | -2.5% |
| 129th | Paraguay | 5.10 | 0.8% |
| 130th | El Salvador | 5.11 | -2.4% |
| 131st | Philippines | 5.11 | -2.8% |
| 132nd | Kuwait | 5.18 | -2.8% |
| 133rd | Timor-Leste | 5.22 | 1.5% |
| 134th | Turkmenistan | 5.30 | -2.8% |
| 135th | Qatar | 5.33 | -2.4% |
| 136th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.47 | -1.2% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.49 | -1.3% |
| 138th | Haiti | 5.56 | -0.7% |
| 139th | Tonga | 5.60 | -0.9% |
| 140th | Nepal | 5.60 | -0.7% |
| 141st | Gabon | 5.66 | 1.0% |
| 142nd | Vanuatu | 5.69 | -0.7% |
| 143rd | Papua New Guinea | 5.71 | -1.4% |
| 144th | Lesotho | 5.75 | -0.7% |
| 145th | Cambodia | 5.77 | 26.7% |
| 146th | Morocco | 5.78 | -1.1% |
| 147th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.84 | 0.3% |
| 148th | Belize | 5.85 | -2.4% |
| 149th | Samoa | 5.86 | -2.2% |
| 150th | United Arab Emirates | 5.95 | -1.7% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | 5.96 | -1.8% |
| 152nd | Congo, Republic of | 6.07 | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Central African Republic | 6.13 | 0.7% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 6.17 | -0.7% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 6.21 | -3.3% |
| 156th | Tajikistan | 6.21 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Namibia | 6.24 | -1.2% |
| 158th | Botswana | 6.29 | -1.6% |
| 159th | Bangladesh | 6.33 | -1.5% |
| 160th | Lao PDR | 6.33 | 0.3% |
| 161st | Cabo Verde | 6.38 | -1.5% |
| 162nd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.39 | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 6.41 | 0.0% |
| 164th | Honduras | 6.42 | -1.7% |
| 165th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.42 | -1.9% |
| 166th | Guinea | 6.46 | 0.1% |
| 167th | Djibouti | 6.46 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Ghana | 6.47 | -0.6% |
| 169th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.49 | 1.3% |
| 170th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.50 | 0.2% |
| 171st | Bhutan | 6.51 | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | 6.52 | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Mozambique | 6.53 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Sierra Leone | 6.56 | -0.3% |
| 175th | Eswatini | 6.57 | -0.5% |
| 176th | Sudan | 6.59 | -0.9% |
| 177th | Iraq | 6.59 | -1.0% |
| 178th | Cameroon | 6.61 | 0.5% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 6.61 | -0.1% |
| 180th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.63 | 1.2% |
| 181st | Mauritania | 6.67 | -0.5% |
| 182nd | Pakistan | 6.73 | -0.4% |
| 183rd | Solomon Islands | 6.77 | -0.8% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 6.84 | -0.5% |
| 185th | Nigeria | 6.85 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Liberia | 6.87 | -0.7% |
| 187th | Togo | 6.88 | -0.9% |
| 188th | Chad | 6.91 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Benin | 6.99 | 1.2% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 6.99 | -0.7% |
| 191st | Algeria | 6.99 | -1.8% |
| 192nd | Uganda | 7.11 | -0.4% |
| 193rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.12 | -1.8% |
| 194th | Zambia | 7.14 | -1.1% |
| 195th | Saudi Arabia | 7.15 | -1.1% |
| 196th | Comoros | 7.15 | -0.1% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.18 | 0.2% |
| 198th | Burkina Faso | 7.22 | 0.4% |
| 199th | Maldives | 7.23 | -0.1% |
| 200th | Jordan | 7.29 | -2.2% |
| 201st | Senegal | 7.29 | 0.0% |
| 202nd | South Sudan | 7.33 | 0.1% |
| 203rd | Burundi | 7.35 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Mali | 7.37 | 0.2% |
| 205th | Marshall Islands | 7.37 | -1.4% |
| 206th | Angola | 7.46 | 0.0% |
| 207th | Malawi | 7.52 | 0.7% |
| 208th | Kenya | 7.53 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Libya | 7.54 | -1.8% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.59 | -0.5% |
| 211th | Afghanistan | 7.64 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Niger | 7.78 | 0.8% |
| 213th | Oman | 7.89 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.12 | -0.2% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.71 | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was Botswana's fertility rate in 1980?▾
Botswana's fertility rate in 1980 was 6.29. This ranked 158th globally.
How did Botswana's fertility rate change in 1980?▾
Botswana's fertility rate decreased by 1.6% in 1980 compared to 1979.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1980?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1980 at 8.71.
What is the fertility rate of Botswana in 1980?▾
The fertility rate of Botswana in 1980 was 6.29. This ranked 158th globally.
How does 1980 compare to 1979 for Botswana's fertility rate?▾
Botswana's fertility rate went from 6.40 in 1979 to 6.29 in 1980, a 1.6% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Botswana matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1980. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.1%. View full analysis →
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