Botswana - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Botswana was 2,007,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,007,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 523,997 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 523,997
1961 536,540
1962 549,953
1963 564,277
1964 579,518
1965 595,697
1966 612,903
1967 631,226
1968 650,676
1969 671,247
1970 692,959
1971 715,745
1972 739,683
1973 765,101
1974 792,432
1975 821,942
1976 853,774
1977 887,716
1978 923,234
1979 959,584
1980 996,211
1981 1,032,889
1982 1,069,707
1983 1,106,802
1984 1,144,442
1985 1,182,803
1986 1,221,790
1987 1,261,235
1988 1,301,146
1989 1,341,540
1990 1,382,371
1991 1,423,570
1992 1,464,924
1993 1,506,037
1994 1,546,414
1995 1,585,637
1996 1,623,704
1997 1,660,538
1998 1,695,587
1999 1,728,179
2000 1,757,925
2001 1,784,449
2002 1,808,103
2003 1,830,127
2004 1,852,243
2005 1,875,673
2006 1,900,905
2007 1,927,540
2008 1,954,822
2009 1,981,576
2010 2,007,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Botswana was 49.58 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 52.32 in 1964, while its lowest value was 49.58 in 2010.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 52.15
1961 52.23
1962 52.28
1963 52.31
1964 52.32
1965 52.30
1966 52.27
1967 52.23
1968 52.16
1969 52.09
1970 52.01
1971 51.92
1972 51.83
1973 51.73
1974 51.63
1975 51.53
1976 51.43
1977 51.33
1978 51.24
1979 51.15
1980 51.08
1981 51.01
1982 50.96
1983 50.92
1984 50.87
1985 50.83
1986 50.79
1987 50.75
1988 50.70
1989 50.66
1990 50.62
1991 50.58
1992 50.54
1993 50.50
1994 50.46
1995 50.42
1996 50.37
1997 50.33
1998 50.28
1999 50.23
2000 50.18
2001 50.13
2002 50.07
2003 50.01
2004 49.94
2005 49.88
2006 49.82
2007 49.76
2008 49.70
2009 49.64
2010 49.58

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population