Australia vs Botswana: Population growth

Australia
1.5%
in 2025
Botswana
1.6%
in 2025
Australia rank
69th
Botswana rank
66th

Population growth over time

  • Australia
  • Botswana
0246196119932025

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1.6% against 1.5% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 69th and Botswana ranks 66th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population growth (annual %)
Unit
annual %
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,128 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.