Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 54.4 years in 2005: 56.3 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 21,590 people died; 21.3% of them were 65 or older and 16.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

56.3

Men

52.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

68.9

Deaths

21,590

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

535

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

455

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	47.10	55.79	56.3	52.5
1-4	5.04	5.30	58.0	54.4
5-9	1.46	1.70	55.1	51.6
10-14	1.34	1.49	50.5	47.0
15-19	2.63	2.87	45.8	42.3
20-24	4.83	5.23	41.4	37.9
25-29	7.79	8.12	37.3	33.8
30-34	10.65	11.72	33.7	30.1
35-39	13.60	16.13	30.4	26.8
40-44	15.71	20.11	27.4	23.8
45-49	18.29	24.36	24.4	21.1
50-54	21.62	29.27	21.5	18.5
55-59	26.06	35.05	18.7	16.0
60-64	33.81	45.79	15.9	13.6
65-69	44.98	57.96	13.4	11.5
70-74	57.82	72.53	11.1	9.5
75-79	76.74	94.11	9.1	7.6
80-84	101.84	138.25	7.2	5.8
85-89	154.05	204.30	5.4	4.3
90-94	225.64	290.48	4.0	3.2
95-99	317.24	394.39	3.0	2.5
100+	435.20	515.17	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2005

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