# Urban population share in Botswana

Urban population share in Botswana was 68% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/botswana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/botswana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=bw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 68 |
| 2024 | 67.5 |
| 2023 | 67 |
| 2022 | 66.6 |
| 2021 | 66.5 |
| 2020 | 66.4 |
| 2019 | 66.3 |
| 2018 | 66.2 |
| 2017 | 65.9 |
| 2016 | 65.7 |
| 2015 | 65.4 |
| 2014 | 65.1 |
| 2013 | 64.8 |
| 2012 | 64.4 |
| 2011 | 64 |
| 2010 | 63.5 |
| 2009 | 62.8 |
| 2008 | 61.8 |
| 2007 | 60.8 |
| 2006 | 59.6 |
| 2005 | 58.5 |
| 2004 | 57.3 |
| 2003 | 56.1 |
| 2002 | 55 |
| 2001 | 54 |
| 2000 | 53.2 |
| 1999 | 52.4 |
| 1998 | 51.7 |
| 1997 | 51.1 |
| 1996 | 50.4 |
| 1995 | 49.6 |
| 1994 | 48.8 |
| 1993 | 47.9 |
| 1992 | 46.8 |
| 1991 | 45.5 |
| 1990 | 43.6 |
| 1989 | 40.9 |
| 1988 | 37.6 |
| 1987 | 33.9 |
| 1986 | 30 |
| 1985 | 26.2 |
| 1984 | 22.6 |
| 1983 | 19.6 |
| 1982 | 17.2 |
| 1981 | 15.8 |
| 1980 | 14.9 |
| 1979 | 14.2 |
| 1978 | 13.6 |
| 1977 | 13.1 |
| 1976 | 12.6 |
| 1975 | 12.1 |
| 1974 | 11.7 |
| 1973 | 11.1 |
| 1972 | 10.6 |
| 1971 | 9.9 |
| 1970 | 9 |
| 1969 | 7.9 |
| 1968 | 6.8 |
| 1967 | 5.6 |
| 1966 | 4.6 |
| 1965 | 3.8 |
| 1964 | 3.4 |
| 1963 | 3.2 |
| 1962 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 3.1 |
| 1960 | 3 |