Chart and table of Botswana population density from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

The total population in Botswana was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 0.2 million people (+7.35 percent). After the tenth consecutive increasing year, the total population is estimated to reach 2.93 million people and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the total population was continuously increasing over the past years.According to the International Monetary Fund, the total population of a country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.Find more key insights for the total population in countries like Lesotho, Eswatini, and South Africa.

Population, female (% of total population) in Botswana was reported at 50.13 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Population, female (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Population ages 0-14, total in Botswana was reported at 800654 Persons in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Population, ages 0-14, total - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Population ages 15-64, female in Botswana was reported at 790684 Persons in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Population ages 15-64, female - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Botswana urban population for 2023 was 1,949,449, a 2.62% increase from 2022.

• Botswana urban population for 2022 was 1,899,705, a 2.56% increase from 2021.
• Botswana urban population for 2021 was 1,852,275, a 2.63% increase from 2020.
• Botswana urban population for 2020 was 1,804,813, a 2.89% increase from 2019.

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) in Botswana was reported at 63.9 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Population ages 15-64, male (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

There were 470 900 Linkedin users in Botswana in February 2025, which accounted for 18.1% of its entire population. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (230 000).

International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.

The total population in South Africa was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 4.9 million people (+7.75 percent). After the tenth consecutive increasing year, the total population is estimated to reach 68.06 million people and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the total population was continuously increasing over the past years.As defined by the International Monetary Fund, the total population of a country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.Find more key insights for the total population in countries like Botswana, Eswatini, and Lesotho.

Botswana rural population for 2023 was 725,903, a 0.64% decline from 2022.

• Botswana rural population for 2022 was 730,591, a 0.75% decline from 2021.
• Botswana rural population for 2021 was 736,148, a 0.73% decline from 2020.
• Botswana rural population for 2020 was 741,589, a 0.54% decline from 2019.

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Urban population growth (annual %) in Botswana was reported at 2.5266 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Urban population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Botswana BW: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data was reported at 46.106 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 44.485 % for 2022. Botswana BW: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 44.115 % from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2023, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.110 % in 2013 and a record low of 34.765 % in 1996. Botswana BW: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Botswana – Table BW.World Bank.WDI: Employment and Unemployment. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.;International Labour Organization. “Labour Force Statistics database (LFS)” ILOSTAT. Accessed January 07, 2025. https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.;Weighted average;The series for ILO estimates is also available in the WDI database. Caution should be used when comparing ILO estimates with national estimates.

There were 1 327 000 Messenger users in Botswana in February 2025, which accounted for 50.9% of its entire population. The slight majority of them were women - 50.3%. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (401 900). The highest difference between men and women occurs within people aged 25 to 34, where women lead by 196 900.

Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population) in Botswana was reported at 2.7463 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Population ages 55-59, male (% of male population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

In 2025, 70 percent of the population in Mozambique lived in extreme poverty (with less than 2.15 U.S. dollars a day), the highest score recorded in the Southern African region. Conversely, Botswana registered the lowest share, with 13 percent of its population living in destitute conditions.

There were 1 416 100 Facebook users in Botswana in February 2025, which accounted for 54.3% of its entire population. The slight majority of them were women - 50.3%. People aged 25 to 34 were the largest user group (427 400). The highest difference between men and women occurs within people aged 25 to 34, where women lead by 210 400.

Population ages 30-34, male (% of male population) in Botswana was reported at 9.1058 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Botswana - Population ages 30-34, male (% of male population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (also referred to as prevalence of undernourishment) shows the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 5%.

Chart and table of NY.TTF.GNFS.KN population from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.