Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Gaborone
Botswana
#143 by population · Upper middle income · ISO BWA
Population right now
2,616,437
127.5 net per day · 1 birth every 505.6 s
·anchor 2,562,122 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.032% of the world
👶 Births today
151
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
35
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−1,133
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+112
1.82% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
24.36 /1,000
2024
Death rate
5.74 /1,000
2024
Fertility
2.70 births/woman
Life expectancy
69.3 yrs
Aged 0–14
32.0%
Aged 65+
4.1%
Urban
68.0%
Land area
581,730 km²
Density
4.4 /km²
GDP / capita
$7,778
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 2,562,122 + 0.0015/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 171 (crude birth rate 24.36/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 40 (crude death rate 5.74/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 1.61%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →