Botswana vs Samoa: Natural population growth rate

Botswana

1.9%

in 2023

Samoa

1.9%

in 2023

Botswana rank

53rd

Samoa rank

52nd

Natural population growth rate over time

Samoa currently reports 1.9% against 1.9% in Botswana, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.

Botswana ranks 53rd and Samoa ranks 52nd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Natural 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.