Botswana
Urban population in Botswana
Urban population in Botswana: 2.7% in 1950 and 68% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 68%
- Since 1950
- +65.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 105 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 73%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 73% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 |
| 2024 | 67.5 |
| 2023 | 67 |
| 2022 | 66.6 |
| 2021 | 66.5 |
| 2020 | 66.5 |
| 2019 | 66.3 |
| 2018 | 66.2 |
| 2017 | 66 |
| 2016 | 65.7 |
| 2015 | 65.4 |
| 2014 | 65.1 |
| 2013 | 64.8 |
| 2012 | 64.4 |
| 2011 | 64 |
| 2010 | 63.5 |
| 2009 | 62.8 |
| 2008 | 61.8 |
| 2007 | 60.8 |
| 2006 | 59.6 |
| 2005 | 58.5 |
| 2004 | 57.3 |
| 2003 | 56.1 |
| 2002 | 55 |
| 2001 | 54.1 |
| 2000 | 53.2 |
| 1999 | 52.5 |
| 1998 | 51.7 |
| 1997 | 51.1 |
| 1996 | 50.4 |
| 1995 | 49.6 |
| 1994 | 48.8 |
| 1993 | 47.9 |
| 1992 | 46.8 |
| 1991 | 45.5 |
| 1990 | 43.7 |
| 1989 | 40.9 |
| 1988 | 37.6 |
| 1987 | 33.9 |
| 1986 | 30 |
| 1985 | 26.2 |
| 1984 | 22.6 |
| 1983 | 19.6 |
| 1982 | 17.2 |
| 1981 | 15.8 |
| 1980 | 14.9 |
| 1979 | 14.2 |
| 1978 | 13.6 |
| 1977 | 13.1 |
| 1976 | 12.6 |
| 1975 | 12.1 |
| 1974 | 11.7 |
| 1973 | 11.2 |
| 1972 | 10.6 |
| 1971 | 9.9 |
| 1970 | 9 |
| 1969 | 7.9 |
| 1968 | 6.8 |
| 1967 | 5.6 |
| 1966 | 4.6 |
| 1965 | 3.8 |
| 1964 | 3.4 |
| 1963 | 3.2 |
| 1962 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 3.1 |
| 1960 | 3 |
| 1959 | 2.9 |
| 1958 | 2.9 |
| 1957 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 2.8 |
| 1955 | 2.8 |
| 1954 | 2.7 |
| 1953 | 2.7 |
| 1952 | 2.7 |
| 1951 | 2.7 |
| 1950 | 2.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 68.5 |
| 2027 | 69 |
| 2028 | 69.3 |
| 2029 | 69.6 |
| 2030 | 69.9 |
| 2031 | 70.2 |
| 2032 | 70.5 |
| 2033 | 70.7 |
| 2034 | 71 |
| 2035 | 71.2 |
| 2036 | 71.4 |
| 2037 | 71.6 |
| 2038 | 71.8 |
| 2039 | 72 |
| 2040 | 72.1 |
| 2041 | 72.3 |
| 2042 | 72.4 |
| 2043 | 72.6 |
| 2044 | 72.7 |
| 2045 | 72.8 |
| 2046 | 72.8 |
| 2047 | 72.9 |
| 2048 | 73 |
| 2049 | 73 |
| 2050 | 73 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$595M in 2025
- Military spending per person$242 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports11 million TIV in 2024