# Population in Botswana

Population in Botswana was 2.56 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/botswana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/botswana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=bw

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2,562,122 |
| 2024 | 2,521,139 |
| 2023 | 2,480,244 |
| 2022 | 2,439,892 |
| 2021 | 2,401,441 |
| 2020 | 2,365,894 |
| 2019 | 2,332,083 |
| 2018 | 2,299,141 |
| 2017 | 2,266,747 |
| 2016 | 2,234,776 |
| 2015 | 2,203,273 |
| 2014 | 2,172,044 |
| 2013 | 2,140,682 |
| 2012 | 2,108,617 |
| 2011 | 2,073,535 |
| 2010 | 2,033,111 |
| 2009 | 1,990,673 |
| 2008 | 1,949,970 |
| 2007 | 1,911,201 |
| 2006 | 1,874,516 |
| 2005 | 1,839,877 |
| 2004 | 1,807,146 |
| 2003 | 1,775,736 |
| 2002 | 1,744,763 |
| 2001 | 1,712,254 |
| 2000 | 1,677,382 |
| 1999 | 1,641,997 |
| 1998 | 1,606,899 |
| 1997 | 1,571,691 |
| 1996 | 1,535,914 |
| 1995 | 1,498,836 |
| 1994 | 1,460,023 |
| 1993 | 1,420,115 |
| 1992 | 1,380,033 |
| 1991 | 1,341,756 |
| 1990 | 1,305,696 |
| 1989 | 1,270,274 |
| 1988 | 1,235,476 |
| 1987 | 1,199,167 |
| 1986 | 1,160,650 |
| 1985 | 1,121,945 |
| 1984 | 1,083,660 |
| 1983 | 1,046,137 |
| 1982 | 1,009,269 |
| 1981 | 969,996 |
| 1980 | 937,485 |
| 1979 | 901,742 |
| 1978 | 849,239 |
| 1977 | 799,574 |
| 1976 | 758,508 |
| 1975 | 720,380 |
| 1974 | 685,448 |
| 1973 | 652,408 |
| 1972 | 622,407 |
| 1971 | 600,481 |
| 1970 | 590,334 |
| 1969 | 587,066 |
| 1968 | 583,966 |
| 1967 | 580,933 |
| 1966 | 577,866 |
| 1965 | 574,664 |
| 1964 | 566,266 |
| 1963 | 552,966 |
| 1962 | 540,186 |
| 1961 | 527,942 |
| 1960 | 516,165 |