Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 62.0 years in 1979: 64.5 for women and 59.4 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 7,830 people died; 24.5% of them were 65 or older and 38.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

62.0

Women

64.5

Men

59.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.4

Deaths

7,830

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

310

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

219

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	51.26	63.04	64.5	59.4
1-4	5.70	6.44	66.9	62.2
5-9	1.60	1.88	64.4	59.8
10-14	1.16	1.39	59.9	55.3
15-19	1.63	2.22	55.2	50.7
20-24	2.19	3.32	50.7	46.3
25-29	2.71	3.95	46.2	42.0
30-34	3.33	4.83	41.8	37.8
35-39	4.22	6.21	37.4	33.6
40-44	5.38	8.07	33.2	29.6
45-49	6.94	10.72	29.0	25.7
50-54	9.60	14.75	25.0	22.0
55-59	13.38	20.13	21.1	18.5
60-64	20.39	29.38	17.3	15.2
65-69	31.78	43.21	13.9	12.2
70-74	51.54	65.70	10.9	9.5
75-79	81.93	99.62	8.3	7.2
80-84	122.62	153.00	6.3	5.4
85-89	182.27	223.28	4.7	4.0
90-94	261.52	313.15	3.5	3.0
95-99	359.40	419.22	2.7	2.3
100+	478.22	538.94	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1979

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