# Population growth rate in Botswana

Population growth rate in Botswana was 1.61% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.
- Note: Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population-growth/botswana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population-growth/botswana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population_growth&place=bw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1.61 |
| 2024 | 1.64 |
| 2023 | 1.64 |
| 2022 | 1.59 |
| 2021 | 1.49 |
| 2020 | 1.44 |
| 2019 | 1.42 |
| 2018 | 1.42 |
| 2017 | 1.42 |
| 2016 | 1.42 |
| 2015 | 1.43 |
| 2014 | 1.45 |
| 2013 | 1.51 |
| 2012 | 1.68 |
| 2011 | 1.97 |
| 2010 | 2.11 |
| 2009 | 2.07 |
| 2008 | 2.01 |
| 2007 | 1.94 |
| 2006 | 1.87 |
| 2005 | 1.79 |
| 2004 | 1.75 |
| 2003 | 1.76 |
| 2002 | 1.88 |
| 2001 | 2.06 |
| 2000 | 2.13 |
| 1999 | 2.16 |
| 1998 | 2.22 |
| 1997 | 2.3 |
| 1996 | 2.44 |
| 1995 | 2.62 |
| 1994 | 2.77 |
| 1993 | 2.86 |
| 1992 | 2.81 |
| 1991 | 2.72 |
| 1990 | 2.75 |
| 1989 | 2.78 |
| 1988 | 2.98 |
| 1987 | 3.26 |
| 1986 | 3.39 |
| 1985 | 3.47 |
| 1984 | 3.52 |
| 1983 | 3.59 |
| 1982 | 3.97 |
| 1981 | 3.41 |
| 1980 | 3.89 |
| 1979 | 6 |
| 1978 | 6.03 |
| 1977 | 5.27 |
| 1976 | 5.16 |
| 1975 | 4.97 |
| 1974 | 4.94 |
| 1973 | 4.71 |
| 1972 | 3.59 |
| 1971 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 0.56 |
| 1969 | 0.53 |
| 1968 | 0.52 |
| 1967 | 0.53 |
| 1966 | 0.56 |
| 1965 | 1.47 |
| 1964 | 2.38 |
| 1963 | 2.34 |
| 1962 | 2.29 |
| 1961 | 2.26 |