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How many babies are born in Botswana?

60.9 thousand babies born in Botswana in 2026. That is 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 123rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Botswana: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Botswana’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.2K ~30K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.5K ~61K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~3.5K ~87K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~5.42K ~121K 44.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~7.45K ~166K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 18.8K 414K 45.5 UN estimate
2000 46.9K 1.68M 27.9 UN estimate
2023 61.3K 2.48M 24.7 UN estimate
2026 60.9K 2.6M 23.4 UN projection
2050 55.4K 3.44M 16.1 UN projection
2075 48K 3.86M 12.5 UN projection
2100 41.4K 3.84M 10.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Botswana among estimates through 2023 were in 2022, at about 61.6K. That is roughly 51 times the estimated ~1.21K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.63 children per woman, fertility in Botswana is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Botswana each year?

An estimated 60.9 thousand babies are born in Botswana in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 167 a day and 0.05% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Botswana?

Botswana has an estimated 23.4 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.63 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.