Fertility rate: Botswana
2.732 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.732 |
| 2022 | 2.785 |
| 2021 | 2.827 |
| 2020 | 2.861 |
| 2019 | 2.906 |
| 2018 | 2.941 |
| 2017 | 2.969 |
| 2016 | 2.99 |
| 2015 | 3.008 |
| 2014 | 3.027 |
| 2013 | 3.045 |
| 2012 | 3.07 |
| 2011 | 3.103 |
| 2010 | 3.135 |
| 2009 | 3.133 |
| 2008 | 3.131 |
| 2007 | 3.127 |
| 2006 | 3.114 |
| 2005 | 3.082 |
| 2004 | 3.063 |
| 2003 | 3.106 |
| 2002 | 3.175 |
| 2001 | 3.248 |
| 2000 | 3.294 |
| 1999 | 3.313 |
| 1998 | 3.362 |
| 1997 | 3.431 |
| 1996 | 3.573 |
| 1995 | 3.792 |
| 1994 | 4.021 |
| 1993 | 4.152 |
| 1992 | 4.255 |
| 1991 | 4.365 |
| 1990 | 4.509 |
| 1989 | 4.666 |
| 1988 | 4.878 |
| 1987 | 5.104 |
| 1986 | 5.332 |
| 1985 | 5.482 |
| 1984 | 5.625 |
| 1983 | 5.785 |
| 1982 | 5.97 |
| 1981 | 6.163 |
| 1980 | 6.292 |
| 1979 | 6.395 |
| 1978 | 6.479 |
| 1977 | 6.543 |
| 1976 | 6.599 |
| 1975 | 6.613 |
| 1974 | 6.614 |
| 1973 | 6.587 |
| 1972 | 6.563 |
| 1971 | 6.544 |
| 1970 | 6.55 |
| 1969 | 6.559 |
| 1968 | 6.582 |
| 1967 | 6.598 |
| 1966 | 6.606 |
| 1965 | 6.604 |
| 1964 | 6.613 |
| 1963 | 6.578 |
| 1962 | 6.536 |
| 1961 | 6.564 |
| 1960 | 6.595 |
| 1959 | 6.621 |
| 1958 | 6.624 |
| 1957 | 6.62 |
| 1956 | 6.585 |
| 1955 | 6.546 |
| 1954 | 6.507 |
| 1953 | 6.473 |
| 1952 | 6.439 |
| 1951 | 6.436 |
| 1950 | 6.429 |