Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 49.5 years in 1957: 51.4 for women and 47.6 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 8,560 people died; 18.8% of them were 65 or older and 47.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

49.5

Women

51.4

Men

47.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

110.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

183.4

Deaths

8,560

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.7

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

415

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

335

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	111.19	128.66	51.4	47.6
1-4	21.03	22.08	56.2	52.9
5-9	5.14	5.43	57.0	53.6
10-14	3.30	3.36	53.4	50.0
15-19	3.91	4.27	49.3	45.8
20-24	5.15	6.27	45.2	41.7
25-29	6.22	7.32	41.3	38.0
30-34	7.08	8.53	37.5	34.3
35-39	8.11	10.29	33.8	30.7
40-44	9.20	12.26	30.1	27.2
45-49	10.51	14.85	26.4	23.7
50-54	13.50	18.99	22.7	20.4
55-59	17.84	24.27	19.1	17.2
60-64	26.70	34.37	15.6	14.0
65-69	40.62	49.92	12.5	11.2
70-74	63.90	76.23	9.7	8.7
75-79	97.75	115.28	7.5	6.6
80-84	143.08	173.97	5.7	4.9
85-89	208.51	249.31	4.3	3.7
90-94	292.89	343.11	3.2	2.8
95-99	393.91	450.80	2.5	2.2
100+	511.27	568.15	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1957

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