Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 52.8 years in 1963: 54.8 for women and 50.7 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 8,316 people died; 20.8% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

52.8

Women

54.8

Men

50.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

152.9

Deaths

8,316

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.0

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

389

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

305

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	95.64	111.05	54.8	50.7
1-4	15.84	16.66	59.2	55.5
5-9	3.99	4.25	58.9	55.2
10-14	2.64	2.74	55.1	51.4
15-19	3.25	3.66	50.8	47.0
20-24	4.31	5.41	46.6	42.9
25-29	5.23	6.36	42.5	39.0
30-34	6.06	7.52	38.6	35.1
35-39	7.07	9.22	34.7	31.4
40-44	8.20	11.20	30.8	27.7
45-49	9.58	13.85	27.0	24.2
50-54	12.48	17.99	23.2	20.8
55-59	16.64	23.31	19.6	17.5
60-64	24.97	33.21	16.0	14.3
65-69	38.23	48.29	12.8	11.4
70-74	60.69	73.49	10.0	8.9
75-79	93.76	111.07	7.7	6.8
80-84	138.19	168.04	5.8	5.0
85-89	202.21	241.79	4.4	3.8
90-94	285.33	334.24	3.3	2.9
95-99	385.54	441.18	2.5	2.2
100+	503.17	558.94	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1963

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