Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 53.6 years in 2004: 55.4 for women and 51.8 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 21,870 people died; 20.8% of them were 65 or older and 15.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

53.6

Women

55.4

Men

51.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

71.1

Deaths

21,870

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

551

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

473

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	48.53	57.33	55.4	51.8
1-4	5.28	5.53	57.1	53.8
5-9	1.52	1.77	54.3	50.9
10-14	1.40	1.55	49.7	46.4
15-19	2.76	2.97	45.0	41.7
20-24	5.14	5.45	40.6	37.3
25-29	8.38	8.55	36.6	33.2
30-34	11.47	12.39	33.0	29.6
35-39	14.59	17.06	29.8	26.3
40-44	16.71	21.19	26.9	23.4
45-49	19.28	25.50	24.0	20.7
50-54	22.59	30.41	21.2	18.2
55-59	27.00	36.15	18.4	15.8
60-64	34.79	46.98	15.7	13.5
65-69	46.03	59.12	13.3	11.4
70-74	58.79	73.50	11.1	9.5
75-79	77.54	94.85	9.0	7.6
80-84	102.60	138.85	7.1	5.8
85-89	155.08	205.07	5.3	4.3
90-94	226.94	291.38	4.0	3.2
95-99	318.78	395.37	3.0	2.5
100+	436.76	516.08	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2004

Year

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