MigrantoMigration trends in Botswana
Africa
108.9K people from around the world have made Botswana their home. That's 4.3% of the country population, arriving from 33 different countries
2.5M
Population
108.9K
Immigrants
16.7K
Emigrants
+92.2K
Inflow
1 in every 23 people in Botswana was born abroad
The #132 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Botswana
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
25.8K immigrants · 24K emigrants
1995
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 27%
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 17.8K
2005
- Zimbabwe overtook South Africa as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 59%
- Net migration doubled — the annual surplus reached 54.9K
2020
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
Today
- Since 1990: 83.1K more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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