Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 59.7 years in 2011: 61.9 for women and 57.5 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 19,525 people died; 24.7% of them were 65 or older and 16.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

59.7

Women

61.9

Men

57.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.5

Deaths

19,525

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

424

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

341

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	38.68	46.92	61.9	57.5
1-4	3.82	4.14	63.3	59.2
5-9	1.13	1.33	60.3	56.2
10-14	0.99	1.15	55.6	51.5
15-19	1.83	2.20	50.9	46.8
20-24	3.09	3.82	46.3	42.3
25-29	4.66	5.57	42.0	38.1
30-34	6.31	7.77	37.9	34.1
35-39	8.28	10.65	34.0	30.3
40-44	10.16	13.65	30.4	26.8
45-49	12.61	17.25	26.8	23.6
50-54	15.93	21.80	23.4	20.5
55-59	20.34	27.38	20.1	17.5
60-64	27.83	37.11	17.0	14.7
65-69	38.46	49.14	14.2	12.2
70-74	51.78	65.21	11.7	9.9
75-79	71.81	88.91	9.4	7.8
80-84	97.40	134.69	7.4	5.9
85-89	148.01	199.75	5.5	4.4
90-94	217.94	285.09	4.1	3.3
95-99	308.18	388.55	3.1	2.5
100+	426.02	509.66	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2011

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