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Botswana vs Zimbabwe: Population growth rate

Botswana
1.6%
in 2023
Zimbabwe
1.7%
in 2023
Botswana rank
72nd
Zimbabwe rank
69th

Population growth rate over time

  • Botswana
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 1.7% against 1.6% in Botswana, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 72nd and Zimbabwe ranks 69th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population growth rate
Unit
%
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.