Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 53.4 years in 1964: 55.4 for women and 51.2 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 8,286 people died; 20.9% of them were 65 or older and 45.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

53.4

Women

55.4

Men

51.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

148.5

Deaths

8,286

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.6

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

386

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

300

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	93.32	108.55	55.4	51.2
1-4	15.15	15.95	59.7	55.9
5-9	3.84	4.09	59.3	55.5
10-14	2.54	2.66	55.4	51.6
15-19	3.15	3.58	51.1	47.2
20-24	4.17	5.29	46.8	43.0
25-29	5.06	6.23	42.8	39.1
30-34	5.87	7.38	38.8	35.3
35-39	6.87	9.06	34.9	31.5
40-44	8.01	11.05	31.0	27.8
45-49	9.39	13.70	27.2	24.3
50-54	12.27	17.84	23.3	20.8
55-59	16.39	23.17	19.7	17.5
60-64	24.62	33.04	16.1	14.4
65-69	37.77	48.05	12.9	11.5
70-74	60.10	73.08	10.0	8.9
75-79	93.08	110.40	7.7	6.8
80-84	137.39	167.07	5.8	5.1
85-89	201.18	240.55	4.4	3.8
90-94	284.09	332.78	3.3	2.9
95-99	384.16	439.59	2.5	2.2
100+	501.83	557.41	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1964

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