Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 53.0 years in 1998: 55.0 for women and 51.0 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 19,190 people died; 20.5% of them were 65 or older and 17.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

53.0

Women

55.0

Men

51.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.2

Deaths

19,190

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

564

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

477

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	50.28	59.85	55.0	51.0
1-4	5.54	5.89	56.7	53.1
5-9	1.59	1.87	54.0	50.3
10-14	1.45	1.62	49.4	45.8
15-19	2.83	3.09	44.7	41.1
20-24	5.24	5.69	40.3	36.7
25-29	8.51	8.98	36.3	32.7
30-34	11.62	13.05	32.8	29.1
35-39	14.75	17.94	29.6	25.9
40-44	16.88	22.16	26.7	23.0
45-49	19.45	26.46	23.8	20.5
50-54	22.82	31.32	21.0	18.0
55-59	27.31	36.96	18.2	15.6
60-64	35.26	47.81	15.5	13.3
65-69	46.82	60.04	13.0	11.2
70-74	60.40	74.92	10.8	9.3
75-79	80.33	97.43	8.8	7.5
80-84	107.28	142.52	6.9	5.7
85-89	161.41	209.74	5.2	4.2
90-94	234.96	296.89	3.9	3.2
95-99	328.16	401.32	2.9	2.4
100+	446.25	521.68	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1998

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