Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 60.4 years in 2012: 62.4 for women and 58.3 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 19,295 people died; 25.4% of them were 65 or older and 16.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

60.4

Women

62.4

Men

58.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.4

Deaths

19,295

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

406

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

333

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	37.27	45.32	62.4	58.3
1-4	3.61	3.96	63.8	60.0
5-9	1.07	1.28	60.7	56.9
10-14	0.93	1.10	56.0	52.3
15-19	1.73	2.11	51.2	47.5
20-24	2.89	3.64	46.6	43.0
25-29	4.34	5.21	42.3	38.7
30-34	5.92	7.21	38.2	34.7
35-39	7.84	9.86	34.2	30.9
40-44	9.76	12.72	30.5	27.3
45-49	12.29	16.22	26.9	23.9
50-54	15.72	20.74	23.4	20.7
55-59	20.26	26.34	20.1	17.7
60-64	27.91	35.98	17.0	14.9
65-69	38.60	48.07	14.2	12.3
70-74	51.83	64.35	11.7	10.0
75-79	71.54	88.26	9.4	7.9
80-84	96.68	134.10	7.4	5.9
85-89	147.03	199.01	5.5	4.4
90-94	216.68	284.20	4.1	3.3
95-99	306.69	387.58	3.1	2.5
100+	424.50	508.75	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2012

Year

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