Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 63.6 years in 1983: 66.4 for women and 60.8 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 7,908 people died; 26.5% of them were 65 or older and 33.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

63.6

Women

66.4

Men

60.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.3

Deaths

7,908

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

311

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

207

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	40.95	51.43	66.4	60.8
1-4	4.13	4.74	68.2	62.9
5-9	1.20	1.45	65.3	60.1
10-14	0.91	1.14	60.6	55.5
15-19	1.35	1.96	55.9	50.8
20-24	1.85	3.01	51.3	46.3
25-29	2.32	3.72	46.7	42.0
30-34	2.93	4.69	42.2	37.7
35-39	3.82	6.18	37.8	33.5
40-44	5.00	8.15	33.5	29.5
45-49	6.64	10.94	29.3	25.6
50-54	9.31	15.07	25.2	21.9
55-59	13.08	20.56	21.3	18.4
60-64	19.91	29.81	17.5	15.2
65-69	31.02	43.47	14.1	12.2
70-74	50.33	65.47	11.0	9.5
75-79	80.44	98.43	8.5	7.3
80-84	119.57	151.65	6.4	5.4
85-89	177.60	220.96	4.8	4.1
90-94	254.93	309.63	3.6	3.1
95-99	350.86	414.50	2.7	2.4
100+	468.58	533.50	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1983

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