Botswana - Population Growth 2023
1.64%
+0.05pp from 2022
Botswana's population growth was 1.64% in 2023, increased +0.05pp from 1.59% in 2022. This was the 145th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ukraine | -8.42% | -10.5% |
| 2nd | Kosovo | -4.95% | -389.4% |
| 3rd | St. Martin (French part) | -4.81% | -29.6% |
| 4th | Marshall Islands | -3.17% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Moldova | -2.84% | -8.5% |
| 6th | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.05% | -5.9% |
| 7th | Tuvalu | -1.78% | 11.2% |
| 8th | American Samoa | -1.71% | 5.4% |
| 9th | Albania | -1.54% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Mauritius | -1.11% | -266.7% |
| 11th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.71% | 8.4% |
| 12th | Sri Lanka | -0.65% | -677.6% |
| 13th | Serbia | -0.62% | 75.3% |
| 14th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.62% | 50.3% |
| 15th | Belarus | -0.54% | 32.8% |
| 16th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.51% | 61.3% |
| 17th | Japan | -0.49% | -9.8% |
| 18th | Dominica | -0.47% | 15.5% |
| 19th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.47% | -9.0% |
| 20th | Tonga | -0.42% | 0.2% |
| 21st | Poland | -0.37% | 15.6% |
| 22nd | Cuba | -0.36% | 35.7% |
| 23rd | Bulgaria | -0.29% | 56.0% |
| 24th | Russian Federation | -0.29% | 19.2% |
| 25th | Greece | -0.28% | 77.5% |
| 26th | North Macedonia | -0.21% | 27.7% |
| 27th | Palau | -0.18% | -33.5% |
| 28th | Armenia | -0.17% | -171.0% |
| 29th | Hungary | -0.13% | 50.1% |
| 30th | China | -0.10% | -692.4% |
| 31st | Slovak Republic | -0.09% | 67.6% |
| 32nd | Seychelles | -0.09% | -110.9% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | -0.08% | 51.0% |
| 34th | Bermuda | -0.08% | -150.5% |
| 35th | Nepal | -0.07% | -108.6% |
| 36th | Italy | -0.05% | 75.3% |
| 37th | Qatar | -0.05% | -100.8% |
| 38th | Thailand | -0.05% | -511.4% |
| 39th | Montenegro | -0.01% | 95.8% |
| 40th | Barbados | 0.01% | -89.5% |
| 41st | Jamaica | 0.02% | -56.1% |
| 42nd | Isle of Man | 0.04% | 26.9% |
| 43rd | Aruba | 0.05% | 112.6% |
| 44th | Monaco | 0.06% | -93.8% |
| 45th | Romania | 0.07% | 117.1% |
| 46th | Korea | 0.08% | 141.3% |
| 47th | Georgia | 0.08% | -23.5% |
| 48th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.10% | 190.7% |
| 49th | Croatia | 0.10% | 117.4% |
| 50th | Azerbaijan | 0.12% | 204.3% |
| 51st | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.12% | 197.3% |
| 52nd | Germany | 0.13% | 699.0% |
| 53rd | Grenada | 0.14% | -25.5% |
| 54th | Macao SAR, China | 0.22% | 128.9% |
| 55th | Latvia | 0.23% | 184.7% |
| 56th | French Polynesia | 0.26% | 26.0% |
| 57th | France | 0.28% | -45.2% |
| 58th | St. Lucia | 0.28% | 94.2% |
| 59th | Channel Islands | 0.28% | 0.1% |
| 60th | Argentina | 0.29% | 36.1% |
| 61st | San Marino | 0.31% | 121.2% |
| 62nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.34% | -7.5% |
| 63rd | Greenland | 0.36% | 2,445.2% |
| 64th | Maldives | 0.36% | -76.5% |
| 65th | European Union | 0.38% | 73.3% |
| 66th | Brazil | 0.40% | 9.9% |
| 67th | Slovenia | 0.40% | 109.2% |
| 68th | Türkiye | 0.41% | -58.7% |
| 69th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.46% | 4.8% |
| 70th | El Salvador | 0.47% | 18.9% |
| 71st | Costa Rica | 0.47% | 8.6% |
| 72nd | Sweden | 0.47% | -30.5% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 0.48% | 62.6% |
| 74th | Cabo Verde | 0.50% | -16.7% |
| 75th | Finland | 0.50% | 83.6% |
| 76th | Lebanon | 0.50% | 9.5% |
| 77th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.51% | -3.6% |
| 78th | Fiji | 0.51% | 73.5% |
| 79th | Chile | 0.54% | 8.8% |
| 80th | Guyana | 0.57% | -23.9% |
| 81st | Nauru | 0.63% | -20.1% |
| 82nd | Samoa | 0.65% | -6.0% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 0.67% | 14.0% |
| 84th | Viet Nam | 0.67% | -10.6% |
| 85th | Bhutan | 0.70% | -0.7% |
| 86th | Myanmar | 0.70% | 1.3% |
| 87th | Denmark | 0.74% | -5.9% |
| 88th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.76% | -42.5% |
| 89th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.78% | -2.7% |
| 90th | Guam | 0.80% | -9.3% |
| 91st | Philippines | 0.81% | 6.5% |
| 92nd | United States | 0.83% | 44.4% |
| 93rd | Indonesia | 0.84% | 13.0% |
| 94th | Belgium | 0.85% | 5.2% |
| 95th | Curaçao | 0.87% | 312.1% |
| 96th | Mexico | 0.87% | 15.8% |
| 97th | Ecuador | 0.87% | 9.5% |
| 98th | India | 0.88% | 11.8% |
| 99th | Liechtenstein | 0.89% | 12.6% |
| 100th | Dominican Republic | 0.89% | -7.1% |
| 101st | Suriname | 0.91% | 7.7% |
| 102nd | Faroe Islands | 0.93% | -19.3% |
| 103rd | Eswatini | 0.95% | -6.9% |
| 104th | New Caledonia | 0.95% | 42.7% |
| 105th | Iceland | 0.95% | -62.1% |
| 106th | Austria | 0.99% | 3.5% |
| 107th | Netherlands | 0.99% | 3.9% |
| 108th | Cyprus | 1.02% | -4.2% |
| 109th | Morocco | 1.02% | 1.3% |
| 110th | Central African Republic | 1.06% | 485.2% |
| 111th | Timor-Leste | 1.09% | -22.7% |
| 112th | Peru | 1.10% | 14.7% |
| 113th | Lesotho | 1.10% | 2.1% |
| 114th | Colombia | 1.12% | 4.9% |
| 115th | Libya | 1.13% | -8.7% |
| 116th | Norway | 1.14% | 26.7% |
| 117th | Haiti | 1.16% | 2.5% |
| 118th | Spain | 1.18% | 63.9% |
| 119th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.20% | 0.3% |
| 120th | Bangladesh | 1.22% | 19.3% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 1.23% | 8.4% |
| 122nd | Malaysia | 1.23% | 3.0% |
| 123rd | Switzerland | 1.26% | 52.4% |
| 124th | Cambodia | 1.28% | -3.6% |
| 125th | United Kingdom | 1.30% | 41.6% |
| 126th | Panama | 1.31% | 3.4% |
| 127th | Sudan | 1.33% | -50.9% |
| 128th | South Africa | 1.33% | -6.1% |
| 129th | Portugal | 1.37% | 96.4% |
| 130th | Mongolia | 1.37% | -6.6% |
| 131st | Nicaragua | 1.37% | 6.8% |
| 132nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.37% | 18.0% |
| 133rd | Djibouti | 1.38% | -1.4% |
| 134th | Lao PDR | 1.39% | -1.2% |
| 135th | Lithuania | 1.40% | 69.8% |
| 136th | Andorra | 1.43% | -15.5% |
| 137th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.44% | 5.9% |
| 138th | Kazakhstan | 1.46% | 0.1% |
| 139th | Algeria | 1.50% | -5.6% |
| 140th | Guatemala | 1.54% | 9.5% |
| 141st | Pakistan | 1.55% | -11.4% |
| 142nd | Kiribati | 1.57% | -3.0% |
| 143rd | Estonia | 1.58% | 18.0% |
| 144th | Jordan | 1.61% | -5.2% |
| 145th | Botswana | 1.64% | 3.3% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 1.68% | -1.7% |
| 147th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.69% | 13.6% |
| 148th | Honduras | 1.71% | 2.3% |
| 149th | British Virgin Islands | 1.72% | 28.6% |
| 150th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.77% | -1.3% |
| 151st | Eritrea | 1.77% | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Czechia | 1.78% | 13.5% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 1.81% | -3.8% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | 1.84% | -4.6% |
| 155th | Ireland | 1.88% | -5.3% |
| 156th | Ghana | 1.91% | -0.6% |
| 157th | Comoros | 1.92% | -0.8% |
| 158th | Kenya | 1.98% | 3.1% |
| 159th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.00% | 3.1% |
| 160th | Cayman Islands | 2.00% | -4.4% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 2.02% | -5.6% |
| 162nd | Luxembourg | 2.02% | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Uzbekistan | 2.02% | 0.6% |
| 164th | Belize | 2.06% | 11.2% |
| 165th | Nigeria | 2.10% | 0.3% |
| 166th | Afghanistan | 2.14% | 48.7% |
| 167th | Sierra Leone | 2.20% | -1.4% |
| 168th | Rwanda | 2.20% | 0.4% |
| 169th | Gabon | 2.20% | -2.2% |
| 170th | Liberia | 2.20% | 2.8% |
| 171st | Guinea-Bissau | 2.25% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Iraq | 2.25% | -1.8% |
| 173rd | Gibraltar | 2.27% | 12.3% |
| 174th | Burkina Faso | 2.27% | -1.7% |
| 175th | Gambia, The | 2.30% | -0.8% |
| 176th | New Zealand | 2.30% | 4,133.7% |
| 177th | Vanuatu | 2.32% | 0.2% |
| 178th | Togo | 2.33% | -0.8% |
| 179th | Senegal | 2.39% | -3.3% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 2.39% | -1.3% |
| 181st | Solomon Islands | 2.40% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Equatorial Guinea | 2.41% | -4.1% |
| 183rd | Congo, Republic of | 2.42% | 0.9% |
| 184th | Australia | 2.43% | 88.8% |
| 185th | Guinea | 2.46% | -0.8% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 2.46% | -0.8% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.50% | -0.5% |
| 188th | Namibia | 2.51% | -9.6% |
| 189th | Benin | 2.52% | -1.0% |
| 190th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.55% | 381.3% |
| 191st | Malawi | 2.57% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Cameroon | 2.64% | 0.5% |
| 193rd | Burundi | 2.73% | 0.8% |
| 194th | Zambia | 2.79% | 1.1% |
| 195th | Uganda | 2.80% | -6.9% |
| 196th | Tanzania | 2.90% | -1.6% |
| 197th | Canada | 2.90% | 61.0% |
| 198th | Mozambique | 2.95% | 0.2% |
| 199th | Mauritania | 2.97% | 1.3% |
| 200th | Mali | 2.97% | -1.2% |
| 201st | Israel | 3.00% | 52.8% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | 3.01% | 4.7% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.08% | 1.8% |
| 204th | Angola | 3.08% | -2.0% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.26% | 1.1% |
| 206th | Niger | 3.29% | 1.3% |
| 207th | Bahrain | 3.38% | 151.6% |
| 208th | United Arab Emirates | 3.98% | -21.8% |
| 209th | Malta | 3.99% | 61.6% |
| 210th | South Sudan | 4.11% | 189.3% |
| 211th | Chad | 4.57% | 32.3% |
| 212th | Saudi Arabia | 4.64% | 5.0% |
| 213th | Singapore | 4.86% | 46.8% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.92% | 30.1% |
| 215th | Kuwait | 5.59% | 9.3% |
| 216th | Oman | 6.53% | 31.1% |
FAQ
What was Botswana's population growth in 2023?▾
Botswana's population growth in 2023 was 1.64%. This ranked 145th globally.
How did Botswana's population growth change in 2023?▾
Botswana's population growth increased by 3.3% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2023?▾
Oman had the highest population growth in 2023 at 6.53%.
What is the population growth of Botswana in 2023?▾
The population growth of Botswana in 2023 was 1.64%. This ranked 145th globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Botswana's population growth?▾
Botswana's population growth went from 1.59% in 2022 to 1.64% in 2023, a 3.3% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Botswana matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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