Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau: Population

Botswana

2.48 million people

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau

2.15 million people

in 2023

Botswana rank

146th

Guinea-Bissau rank

148th

Population over time

Botswana currently reports 2.48 million people against 2.15 million people in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 326,900 people.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 146th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.