Life expectancy at birth in Botswana is projected at 75.7 years in 2074: 78.5 for women and 72.9 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 40,325 people are projected to die; 76.4% of them would be 65 or older and 1.6% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2074

Life expectancy at birth

75.7

Women

78.5

Men

72.9

Life expectancy at 65

16.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

13.0

Deaths

40,325

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

145

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2074's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2074

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	7.95	12.43	78.5	72.9
1-4	0.62	0.81	78.1	72.8
5-9	0.23	0.35	74.3	69.0
10-14	0.20	0.32	69.4	64.2
15-19	0.34	0.66	64.5	59.3
20-24	0.49	1.01	59.6	54.4
25-29	0.64	1.17	54.7	49.7
30-34	0.85	1.45	49.9	45.0
35-39	1.21	1.98	45.1	40.3
40-44	1.76	2.88	40.3	35.7
45-49	2.63	4.43	35.7	31.1
50-54	4.02	6.91	31.1	26.8
55-59	6.09	10.76	26.7	22.6
60-64	9.75	16.87	22.4	18.7
65-69	15.96	26.49	18.4	15.2
70-74	26.52	41.91	14.7	11.9
75-79	44.81	65.77	11.4	9.1
80-84	72.23	108.49	8.7	6.7
85-89	117.81	171.67	6.4	4.9
90-94	185.61	259.31	4.6	3.5
95-99	279.93	371.24	3.3	2.6
100+	402.61	504.06	2.5	2.0

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2074

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