Botswana - Urban Population 1966
4.63%
+0.80% from 1965
Botswana's urban population was 4.63% in 1966, increased +0.80% from 3.83% in 1965. This was the 5th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1966▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 2.40% | 4.7% |
| 2nd | Bhutan | 2.77% | 2.1% |
| 3rd | Rwanda | 2.94% | 1.9% |
| 4th | Nepal | 3.75% | 0.8% |
| 5th | Botswana | 4.63% | 20.8% |
| 6th | Malawi | 4.69% | 2.6% |
| 7th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.75% | 5.9% |
| 8th | Solomon Islands | 4.94% | 10.8% |
| 9th | Tanzania | 5.00% | 0.6% |
| 10th | Mozambique | 5.42% | 7.7% |
| 11th | Burkina Faso | 5.54% | 1.6% |
| 12th | Uganda | 5.63% | 3.8% |
| 13th | Papua New Guinea | 5.88% | 8.5% |
| 14th | Bangladesh | 6.29% | 3.7% |
| 15th | Niger | 7.10% | 5.0% |
| 16th | Lesotho | 7.10% | 7.3% |
| 17th | Eswatini | 7.16% | 8.7% |
| 18th | Lao PDR | 8.40% | 1.4% |
| 19th | South Sudan | 8.56% | -0.2% |
| 20th | Chad | 8.93% | 6.1% |
| 21st | Mali | 9.23% | 4.3% |
| 22nd | Kenya | 9.26% | 1.6% |
| 23rd | Vanuatu | 9.69% | 3.1% |
| 24th | Afghanistan | 9.84% | 3.2% |
| 25th | Gambia, The | 9.86% | 5.7% |
| 26th | Cambodia | 10.43% | 0.6% |
| 27th | Timor-Leste | 10.93% | 2.2% |
| 28th | Mauritania | 11.11% | 8.8% |
| 29th | Maldives | 11.39% | -0.6% |
| 30th | Eritrea | 11.97% | 2.0% |
| 31st | Thailand | 12.60% | 1.1% |
| 32nd | Angola | 12.68% | 3.0% |
| 33rd | Madagascar | 12.74% | 2.6% |
| 34th | Cabo Verde | 13.34% | 15.9% |
| 35th | Tuvalu | 13.53% | 3.0% |
| 36th | Guinea | 13.69% | 6.0% |
| 37th | Benin | 13.83% | 6.6% |
| 38th | British Virgin Islands | 14.39% | 3.6% |
| 39th | Guinea-Bissau | 14.51% | 0.9% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 15.14% | 4.2% |
| 41st | Sudan | 15.44% | 4.0% |
| 42nd | Indonesia | 15.86% | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Cameroon | 16.92% | 4.6% |
| 44th | Haiti | 17.56% | 2.4% |
| 45th | Nigeria | 17.66% | 3.5% |
| 46th | Togo | 17.80% | 7.6% |
| 47th | China | 17.86% | -0.7% |
| 48th | Comoros | 18.00% | 3.5% |
| 49th | Viet Nam | 18.35% | 4.7% |
| 50th | India | 18.81% | 1.0% |
| 51st | Liechtenstein | 19.25% | -1.6% |
| 52nd | Samoa | 19.35% | 0.5% |
| 53rd | Tonga | 20.04% | 0.6% |
| 54th | Sri Lanka | 20.41% | 2.9% |
| 55th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.88% | 2.9% |
| 56th | Sierra Leone | 21.09% | 3.7% |
| 57th | St. Lucia | 21.23% | 0.8% |
| 58th | Myanmar | 21.85% | 2.1% |
| 59th | Kiribati | 21.88% | 5.7% |
| 60th | Gabon | 22.38% | 12.1% |
| 61st | Liberia | 22.88% | 3.5% |
| 62nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 23.17% | 0.8% |
| 63rd | Kosovo | 23.34% | 3.5% |
| 64th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.71% | 3.8% |
| 65th | São Tomé and Principe | 23.80% | 8.9% |
| 66th | Pakistan | 23.92% | 1.0% |
| 67th | Central African Republic | 23.95% | 3.2% |
| 68th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 24.40% | 0.9% |
| 69th | Namibia | 24.51% | 0.6% |
| 70th | Zambia | 24.59% | 7.6% |
| 71st | Oman | 25.13% | 7.6% |
| 72nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 25.38% | 3.6% |
| 73rd | Honduras | 25.39% | 2.7% |
| 74th | Faroe Islands | 25.42% | 3.0% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 26.10% | 2.7% |
| 76th | Equatorial Guinea | 26.18% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Senegal | 27.18% | 4.3% |
| 78th | Ghana | 27.18% | 2.2% |
| 79th | Malaysia | 28.14% | 1.1% |
| 80th | Libya | 28.21% | 9.8% |
| 81st | Moldova | 28.48% | 4.9% |
| 82nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.30% | 10.6% |
| 83rd | Guyana | 29.85% | 0.4% |
| 84th | Montenegro | 30.18% | 2.7% |
| 85th | Philippines | 31.14% | 0.5% |
| 86th | Albania | 31.28% | 0.1% |
| 87th | Grenada | 31.63% | 0.6% |
| 88th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.76% | 2.8% |
| 89th | Morocco | 32.23% | 1.7% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 32.70% | 4.4% |
| 91st | Korea | 33.10% | 3.6% |
| 92nd | Portugal | 33.20% | 1.4% |
| 93rd | Fiji | 33.27% | 2.4% |
| 94th | Slovenia | 33.37% | 2.6% |
| 95th | Virgin Islands (US) | 34.07% | -11.7% |
| 96th | Guatemala | 34.55% | 1.3% |
| 97th | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.55% | -2.4% |
| 98th | Uzbekistan | 35.69% | 0.5% |
| 99th | Serbia | 35.76% | 3.4% |
| 100th | Costa Rica | 35.80% | 1.7% |
| 101st | Dominican Republic | 35.98% | 3.1% |
| 102nd | Croatia | 36.28% | 3.1% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | 36.31% | 0.4% |
| 104th | Tajikistan | 36.43% | 1.1% |
| 105th | Kyrgyz Republic | 36.62% | 0.9% |
| 106th | Channel Islands | 37.04% | -1.0% |
| 107th | Jamaica | 37.18% | 3.7% |
| 108th | Slovak Republic | 37.42% | 2.3% |
| 109th | Congo, Republic of | 37.44% | 0.4% |
| 110th | Ecuador | 37.68% | 1.1% |
| 111th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 37.70% | 1.5% |
| 112th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 38.13% | 0.6% |
| 113th | Dominica | 38.20% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Romania | 38.47% | 2.0% |
| 115th | Cyprus | 38.65% | 0.8% |
| 116th | Algeria | 38.84% | 1.3% |
| 117th | El Salvador | 39.00% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Belarus | 39.09% | 2.8% |
| 119th | Tunisia | 40.25% | 1.5% |
| 120th | Saudi Arabia | 40.93% | 4.9% |
| 121st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 41.21% | 1.0% |
| 122nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 42.04% | 0.8% |
| 123rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.18% | 0.8% |
| 124th | North Macedonia | 42.35% | 3.6% |
| 125th | Barbados | 42.60% | 1.3% |
| 126th | Mongolia | 42.80% | 1.1% |
| 127th | Mauritius | 42.88% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Nicaragua | 43.61% | 2.3% |
| 129th | Marshall Islands | 43.80% | 4.1% |
| 130th | Panama | 45.31% | 1.7% |
| 131st | Lithuania | 45.45% | 2.3% |
| 132nd | New Caledonia | 46.01% | 4.3% |
| 133rd | Georgia | 46.31% | 1.2% |
| 134th | Bulgaria | 47.00% | 2.9% |
| 135th | American Samoa | 47.28% | 5.0% |
| 136th | South Africa | 47.45% | 0.2% |
| 137th | Jordan | 47.58% | 1.7% |
| 138th | Turkmenistan | 47.67% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Kazakhstan | 48.47% | 1.2% |
| 140th | French Polynesia | 48.60% | 2.5% |
| 141st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 48.95% | 3.1% |
| 142nd | Ireland | 49.35% | 1.5% |
| 143rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49.40% | 0.8% |
| 144th | Brazil | 49.48% | 1.7% |
| 145th | Azerbaijan | 49.58% | -0.1% |
| 146th | West Bank and Gaza | 50.26% | 2.4% |
| 147th | Poland | 50.55% | 0.7% |
| 148th | Austria | 50.80% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Puerto Rico (US) | 51.42% | 2.9% |
| 150th | Ukraine | 51.66% | 1.5% |
| 151st | Lebanon | 52.51% | 3.8% |
| 152nd | Iraq | 52.55% | 2.3% |
| 153rd | Peru | 52.82% | 2.4% |
| 154th | Palau | 53.82% | 2.7% |
| 155th | Colombia | 53.99% | 2.0% |
| 156th | Belize | 54.14% | 0.1% |
| 157th | Hungary | 54.45% | 0.4% |
| 158th | San Marino | 54.50% | 2.1% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 55.07% | 1.2% |
| 160th | Mexico | 55.80% | 1.5% |
| 161st | Armenia | 56.47% | 0.7% |
| 162nd | Isle of Man | 56.55% | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Brunei Darussalam | 56.91% | 4.2% |
| 164th | Djibouti | 57.97% | 2.3% |
| 165th | Norway | 58.20% | 4.2% |
| 166th | Finland | 58.72% | 0.7% |
| 167th | Cuba | 59.07% | 0.5% |
| 168th | Russian Federation | 59.20% | 1.5% |
| 169th | Aruba | 60.48% | 0.7% |
| 170th | Latvia | 60.51% | 0.9% |
| 171st | Greece | 60.66% | 1.7% |
| 172nd | Bahamas, The | 61.09% | 1.2% |
| 173rd | Netherlands | 61.30% | 0.2% |
| 174th | Spain | 62.25% | 1.9% |
| 175th | Czechia | 62.37% | 0.7% |
| 176th | European Union | 62.42% | 1.1% |
| 177th | Italy | 62.53% | 0.9% |
| 178th | Estonia | 63.05% | 1.0% |
| 179th | Suriname | 65.86% | 0.0% |
| 180th | France | 68.42% | 1.8% |
| 181st | Belgium | 68.55% | 0.8% |
| 182nd | Japan | 68.72% | 1.2% |
| 183rd | New Zealand | 68.83% | 2.1% |
| 184th | Andorra | 69.78% | 2.9% |
| 185th | Greenland | 70.25% | 1.8% |
| 186th | Luxembourg | 72.15% | 0.7% |
| 187th | Chile | 72.50% | 1.0% |
| 188th | United States | 72.66% | 0.5% |
| 189th | Qatar | 73.34% | 1.5% |
| 190th | Canada | 73.63% | 0.9% |
| 191st | Argentina | 76.18% | 1.0% |
| 192nd | United Kingdom | 77.41% | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Denmark | 77.46% | 0.8% |
| 194th | Curaçao | 77.62% | 0.4% |
| 195th | Sweden | 78.01% | 1.2% |
| 196th | United Arab Emirates | 78.50% | 0.9% |
| 197th | Germany | 78.72% | 0.6% |
| 198th | Kuwait | 79.37% | 0.4% |
| 199th | Northern Mariana Islands | 81.17% | 0.9% |
| 200th | Uruguay | 81.32% | 0.2% |
| 201st | Bahrain | 81.83% | -0.6% |
| 202nd | Israel | 81.86% | 0.9% |
| 203rd | Australia | 83.21% | 0.4% |
| 204th | Iceland | 83.54% | 0.4% |
| 205th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 86.26% | 0.4% |
| 206th | Guam | 87.66% | 0.8% |
| 207th | Malta | 89.40% | -0.1% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 96.10% | 0.2% |
| 209th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Botswana's urban population in 1966?▾
Botswana's urban population in 1966 was 4.63%. This ranked 5th globally.
How did Botswana's urban population change in 1966?▾
Botswana's urban population increased by 20.8% in 1966 compared to 1965.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1966?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1966 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Botswana in 1966?▾
The urban population of Botswana in 1966 was 4.63%. This ranked 5th globally.
How does 1966 compare to 1965 for Botswana's urban population?▾
Botswana's urban population went from 3.83% in 1965 to 4.63% in 1966, a 20.8% increase.
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