Botswana
Population 2026
2,603,392
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.61%
- Density
- 5 per km²
- Land area
- 566,730 km²
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Currency
- Pula (BWP)
- Official languages
- EN-BW, TN-BW
- Urban population
- 68.0%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 60,8842026
- Deaths
- 14,9792026
- Birth rate
- 24.4per 1,000
- Death rate
- 5.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.70
- Life expectancy
- 69.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 23.7
- Net migration
- -5,665
Age distribution
- 0–1432.0%
- 15–6464.0%
- 65+4.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $19.9B
- GDP per capita
- $7.8K
- GDP growth
- -0.7%
- Inflation
- 2.7%
- Unemployment
- 24.5%
- Exports
- $6.4B
- Imports
- $7.5B
- Tourism receipts
- 4.6%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.8%
- Industry27.9%
- Manufacturing5.7%
- Services64.6%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture18.0%
- Industry15.8%
- Services66.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GaboroneGaborone | 246,3252023 |
| 2 | FrancistownCity of Francistown | 103,4172026 |
| 3 | MogoditshaneKweneng | 88,0042023 |
| 4 | MaunNorth-West | 85,3502026 |
| 5 | MolepololeKweneng | 74,8612026 |
| 6 | SeroweCentral | 55,6762026 |
| 7 | TlokwengSouth-East | 55,5082023 |
| 8 | PalapyeCentral | 52,6362023 |
| 9 | MochudiKgatleng | 50,3212026 |
| 10 | MahalapyeCentral | 48,4312023 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,603,392 | 60.9K | 15.0K |
| 2020 | 2,365,895 | 60.4K | 14.8K |
| 2010 | 2,033,110 | 57.7K | 19.6K |
| 2000 | 1,677,384 | 46.9K | 21.0K |
| 1990 | 1,305,699 | 43.9K | 10.9K |
| 1980 | 937,493 | 41.9K | 7.9K |
| 1970 | 590,338 | 27.0K | 7.5K |
| 1960 | 516,174 | 24.3K | 8.5K |
| 1950 | 413,708 | 18.8K | 8.0K |