Botswana Mortality 2016: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 64.3 years in 2016: 66.4 for women and 62.2 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 16,678 people died; 30.9% 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, 2016

Life expectancy at birth

64.3

Women

66.4

Men

62.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.9

Deaths

16,678

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

318

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

251

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2016's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2016

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	32.25	39.48	66.4	62.2
1-4	3.18	3.14	67.5	63.7
5-9	0.95	1.04	64.4	60.5
10-14	0.78	0.90	59.7	55.8
15-19	1.34	1.72	54.9	51.0
20-24	2.06	2.75	50.3	46.4
25-29	2.88	3.57	45.7	42.0
30-34	3.83	4.68	41.4	37.8
35-39	5.11	6.33	37.1	33.6
40-44	6.59	8.49	33.0	29.6
45-49	8.62	11.50	29.0	25.8
50-54	11.59	15.80	25.2	22.1
55-59	15.62	21.47	21.6	18.7
60-64	22.56	30.81	18.1	15.6
65-69	32.52	43.32	14.9	12.7
70-74	46.24	60.75	12.1	10.2
75-79	67.42	85.69	9.7	8.0
80-84	93.84	131.79	7.6	6.0
85-89	143.16	196.04	5.7	4.5
90-94	211.73	280.68	4.2	3.3
95-99	300.84	383.76	3.1	2.5
100+	418.55	505.13	2.4	2.0

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2016

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