Life expectancy at birth in Botswana is projected at 69.8 years in 2028: 72.5 for women and 67.3 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 15,536 people are projected to die; 41.9% of them would be 65 or older and 13.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

69.8

Women

72.5

Men

67.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.6

Deaths

15,536

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

218

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

145

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	22.81	29.01	72.5	67.3
1-4	2.01	2.24	73.2	68.2
5-9	0.62	0.76	69.7	64.8
10-14	0.48	0.64	64.9	60.1
15-19	0.74	1.21	60.1	55.2
20-24	1.00	1.81	55.3	50.6
25-29	1.26	2.11	50.6	46.0
30-34	1.64	2.60	45.9	41.5
35-39	2.26	3.48	41.2	37.0
40-44	3.18	4.87	36.7	32.6
45-49	4.54	7.05	32.2	28.3
50-54	6.73	10.50	27.9	24.2
55-59	9.89	15.40	23.7	20.4
60-64	15.54	23.39	19.8	16.8
65-69	24.15	35.33	16.2	13.6
70-74	37.90	53.55	13.0	10.7
75-79	60.36	79.87	10.1	8.3
80-84	88.22	126.70	7.8	6.2
85-89	135.82	189.83	5.9	4.6
90-94	202.77	273.66	4.3	3.4
95-99	290.77	376.60	3.2	2.6
100+	407.48	499.67	2.5	2.0

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2028

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