Urban population share in Botswana
68.0% of people in Botswana lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Botswana, 2025
68.0%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Position in 2025
98th of 217
Urban population share in Botswana over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Botswana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.0% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 67.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 67.0% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 66.6% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 66.5% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 66.4% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 66.3% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 66.2% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 65.9% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 65.7% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 65.4% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 65.1% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 64.8% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 64.4% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 64.0% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 63.5% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 62.8% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 61.8% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 60.8% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 59.6% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 58.5% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 57.3% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 56.1% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 55.0% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 54.0% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 67.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 65.4%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Botswana has the 98th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
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2,480,244 people
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Median age estimates and projections
22.9 years
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Fertility rate estimates and projections
2.73 births per woman
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Population growth estimates and projections
1.64%
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2,562,122 people
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