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Life Expectancy in Botswana vs Gambia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Botswana vs 66.3 in the Gambia. Botswana is ranked 141/197 by life expectancy, and the Gambia is 167/197. In Botswana, the life expectancy is 66.9 years for males and 72 years for females. In the Gambia, it's 64.5 years for males and 68 years for females.

Botswana vs Gambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Botswana
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Botswana Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 46.2 44.2 48 31.2 30.6 31.8
1951 46.6 44.6 48.4 31.5 30.8 32.1
1952 47 45.1 48.9 31.7 31.1 32.3
1953 47.5 45.6 49.3 31.9 31.3 32.5
1954 48 46 49.8 32.2 31.6 32.7
1955 48.5 46.5 50.3 32.4 31.8 33
1956 49 47.1 50.8 32.8 32.1 33.4
1957 49.5 47.6 51.4 33.1 32.4 33.8
1958 50.1 48.1 51.9 33.6 32.9 34.3
1959 50.7 48.7 52.5 34.1 33.4 34.8
1960 51.2 49.2 53.1 34.6 33.8 35.3
1961 51.8 49.7 53.7 35.1 34.3 35.8
1962 52.3 50.2 54.2 35.6 34.8 36.4
1963 52.8 50.7 54.8 36.1 35.3 36.9
1964 53.4 51.2 55.4 36.6 35.8 37.4
1965 53.9 51.6 55.9 37.1 36.4 37.9
1966 54.4 52 56.5 37.6 36.8 38.3
1967 54.9 52.5 57 38.1 37.3 38.9
1968 55.4 52.9 57.5 38.5 37.8 39.3
1969 55.9 53.4 58.1 39 38.2 39.8
1970 56.4 53.9 58.6 39.5 38.7 40.4
1971 57.1 54.5 59.2 40 39.2 40.9
1972 57.7 55.1 59.9 40.5 39.7 41.4
1973 58.3 55.7 60.5 41.1 40.2 42
1974 58.9 56.3 61.2 41.7 40.8 42.6
1975 59.5 57 61.8 42.2 41.2 43.2
1976 60.2 57.6 62.6 42.9 41.9 43.9
1977 60.9 58.3 63.3 43.4 42.4 44.4
1978 61.5 58.9 63.9 43.6 42.6 44.6
1979 62 59.4 64.5 44.5 43.4 45.6
1980 62.5 59.9 65.1 45 44 45.9
1981 63 60.3 65.6 44.5 42.6 46.4
1982 63.4 60.7 66.1 46.3 45.4 47.2
1983 63.6 60.8 66.4 46.9 45.9 47.9
1984 63.7 60.8 66.6 47.5 46.5 48.6
1985 63.6 60.6 66.7 48.2 47.2 49.2
1986 63.4 60.3 66.5 48.8 47.8 49.9
1987 62.8 59.6 66.1 49.4 48.3 50.5
1988 61.7 58.4 65.1 50.1 49 51.4
1989 61.2 57.8 64.7 50.7 49.5 52
1990 60.1 56.7 63.7 51.3 50 52.6
1991 58.9 55.5 62.5 51.9 50.5 53.3
1992 58.2 55.2 61.3 52.5 51 54.1
1993 57.3 54.7 60 53.2 51.5 54.9
1994 56 53.3 58.7 53.8 52.1 55.5
1995 54.7 51.9 57.7 54.3 52.5 56.2
1996 54.3 52 56.7 54.8 53 56.8
1997 53.6 51.5 55.7 55.2 53.3 57.3
1998 53 51 55 56 54 58.2
1999 52.5 50.7 54.3 56.5 54.4 58.6
2000 52.3 50.5 54 56.9 54.9 59
2001 52.2 50.5 54 57.3 55.4 59.3
2002 52.4 50.6 54.2 57.7 55.9 59.6
2003 52.9 51 54.7 58.2 56.5 60
2004 53.6 51.8 55.4 58.7 57.1 60.5
2005 54.4 52.5 56.3 59.1 57.5 60.7
2006 55.1 53.5 56.7 59.7 58.1 61.2
2007 56.7 55 58.4 60 58.6 61.4
2008 57.7 55.9 59.4 60.5 59.2 61.8
2009 58.3 56.1 60.5 60.7 59.4 62
2010 59.1 56.8 61.5 61.2 59.9 62.4
2011 59.7 57.5 61.9 61.6 60.3 62.8
2012 60.4 58.3 62.4 61.9 60.7 63.1
2013 61.2 59.2 63.2 62.3 61 63.5
2014 62.2 60.2 64.1 62.6 61.3 63.8
2015 63.2 61.2 65.2 63 61.7 64.3
2016 64.3 62.2 66.4 63.4 62 64.8
2017 65.4 63.2 67.6 63.7 62.3 65.1
2018 66.4 64.1 68.7 64 62.5 65.5
2019 67.2 64.8 69.6 64.4 62.9 65.9
2020 67.6 65 70.4 64.4 62.7 66.1
2021 63.3 61.2 65.5 63.8 62.2 65.4
2022 68.7 66.3 71.2 64.9 63.2 66.5
2023 69.2 66.7 71.7 65.9 64.2 67.5
2024 69.3 66.8 71.9 66.1 64.4 67.8
2025 69.4 66.9 72 66.3 64.5 68

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 53.1 years in Botswana and 55.8 in the Gambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 10.8 healthy years in Botswana and 11.9 in the Gambia.

Botswana vs Gambia life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Botswana and the Gambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
43.5 vs 42.3 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.5 vs 72.3 years

Median expected age of death:
75.5 vs 75.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Botswana Gambia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.9% 98.0% 95.8% 96.7%
50 91.1% 94.1% 89.9% 91.9%
60 79.9% 86.4% 79.7% 83.8%
65 70.9% 79.8% 71.7% 77.1%
70 59.3% 70.6% 60.8% 67.3%
75 45.1% 58.2% 46.8% 53.7%
80 30.0% 42.7% 30.8% 37.1%
85 15.6% 27.2% 15.6% 20.1%
90 5.8% 13.5% 5.2% 7.7%
95 1.4% 4.7% 0.9% 1.8%
100 0.2% 1.0% 0.1% 0.2%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Botswana vs the Gambia: 73.5 years vs 72.3 at 30, 79.9 vs 79.2 at 65, 87.2 vs 86.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.4 vs 66.3 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Botswana and the Gambia.

Botswana
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Botswana Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.4 66.9 72 66.3 64.5 68
1 71.4 69 73.8 68.2 66.7 69.7
2 71.6 69.2 74.1 68.4 66.9 69.9
3 71.8 69.4 74.2 68.7 67.2 70.1
4 71.9 69.5 74.4 68.9 67.4 70.4
5 72 69.6 74.4 69.1 67.7 70.6
6 72.1 69.7 74.5 69.3 67.9 70.8
7 72.1 69.7 74.5 69.5 68 70.9
8 72.2 69.8 74.6 69.6 68.2 71.1
9 72.2 69.8 74.6 69.8 68.3 71.2
10 72.2 69.8 74.7 69.9 68.4 71.3
11 72.3 69.9 74.7 70 68.5 71.4
12 72.3 69.9 74.7 70.1 68.6 71.5
13 72.3 69.9 74.8 70.1 68.7 71.6
14 72.4 70 74.8 70.2 68.8 71.6
15 72.4 70 74.8 70.3 68.9 71.7
16 72.5 70.1 74.9 70.4 69 71.8
17 72.5 70.1 74.9 70.5 69.1 71.9
18 72.6 70.2 74.9 70.6 69.2 72
19 72.6 70.3 75 70.8 69.4 72.1
20 72.7 70.4 75 70.9 69.5 72.2
21 72.8 70.4 75.1 71 69.7 72.3
22 72.8 70.5 75.2 71.2 69.9 72.4
23 72.9 70.6 75.2 71.3 70 72.6
24 73 70.7 75.3 71.5 70.2 72.7
25 73.1 70.8 75.3 71.6 70.4 72.8
26 73.1 70.9 75.4 71.8 70.5 72.9
27 73.2 71 75.4 71.9 70.7 73
28 73.3 71.1 75.5 72 70.9 73.2
29 73.4 71.2 75.6 72.2 71 73.3
30 73.5 71.3 75.6 72.3 71.2 73.4
31 73.6 71.4 75.7 72.5 71.3 73.6
32 73.6 71.5 75.8 72.6 71.5 73.7
33 73.7 71.6 75.9 72.8 71.7 73.8
34 73.8 71.7 75.9 72.9 71.8 73.9
35 73.9 71.8 76 73.1 72 74.1
36 74 71.9 76.1 73.2 72.1 74.2
37 74.1 72 76.2 73.3 72.3 74.3
38 74.2 72.2 76.3 73.5 72.4 74.5
39 74.3 72.3 76.4 73.6 72.6 74.6
40 74.5 72.4 76.5 73.8 72.8 74.7
41 74.6 72.6 76.6 73.9 72.9 74.9
42 74.7 72.7 76.7 74.1 73.1 75
43 74.9 72.9 76.8 74.3 73.3 75.2
44 75 73 76.9 74.4 73.4 75.3
45 75.1 73.2 77 74.6 73.6 75.5
46 75.3 73.4 77.2 74.8 73.8 75.6
47 75.4 73.5 77.3 74.9 74 75.8
48 75.6 73.7 77.4 75.1 74.2 75.9
49 75.8 73.9 77.6 75.3 74.4 76.1
50 76 74.1 77.7 75.5 74.6 76.3
51 76.2 74.3 77.9 75.7 74.8 76.4
52 76.4 74.6 78.1 75.9 75 76.6
53 76.6 74.8 78.2 76.1 75.2 76.8
54 76.8 75.1 78.4 76.3 75.5 77
55 77 75.3 78.6 76.5 75.7 77.2
56 77.2 75.6 78.8 76.7 76 77.4
57 77.5 75.9 79 77 76.2 77.6
58 77.7 76.1 79.2 77.2 76.5 77.8
59 78 76.4 79.5 77.4 76.7 78.1
60 78.3 76.8 79.7 77.7 77 78.3
61 78.6 77.1 80 78 77.3 78.5
62 78.9 77.4 80.2 78.2 77.6 78.8
63 79.2 77.8 80.5 78.5 77.9 79.1
64 79.6 78.2 80.8 78.9 78.3 79.3
65 79.9 78.5 81.1 79.2 78.6 79.7
66 80.3 78.9 81.5 79.5 79 80
67 80.7 79.4 81.8 79.9 79.4 80.3
68 81.1 79.8 82.1 80.2 79.8 80.6
69 81.5 80.2 82.5 80.6 80.2 81
70 81.9 80.7 82.9 81 80.6 81.4
71 82.4 81.2 83.3 81.4 81 81.8
72 82.8 81.7 83.7 81.9 81.5 82.2
73 83.3 82.2 84.2 82.3 82 82.7
74 83.8 82.7 84.6 82.8 82.5 83.1
75 84.3 83.2 85.1 83.3 83 83.6
76 84.9 83.8 85.6 83.8 83.5 84.1
77 85.4 84.4 86.1 84.4 84.1 84.6
78 86 84.9 86.7 84.9 84.6 85.2
79 86.6 85.5 87.2 85.5 85.2 85.7
80 87.2 86.1 87.8 86.1 85.8 86.3
81 87.8 86.8 88.4 86.7 86.5 86.9
82 88.4 87.4 89 87.4 87.1 87.6
83 89.1 88.1 89.6 88 87.8 88.2
84 89.7 88.8 90.2 88.7 88.5 88.9
85 90.4 89.6 90.8 89.4 89.2 89.6
86 91.1 90.3 91.5 90.1 89.9 90.3
87 91.8 91 92.2 90.8 90.6 91.1
88 92.6 91.8 92.9 91.6 91.3 91.8
89 93.3 92.6 93.6 92.4 92.1 92.6
90 94.1 93.4 94.3 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94.9 94.2 95.1 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 95.6 95 95.8 94.7 94.5 94.9
93 96.4 95.9 96.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 97.3 96.7 97.4 96.4 96.2 96.5
95 98.1 97.6 98.2 97.3 97.1 97.4
96 98.9 98.4 99 98.2 98 98.2
97 99.8 99.3 99.9 99 98.9 99.1
98 100.6 100.2 100.7 99.9 99.8 100
99 101.5 101.1 101.6 100.9 100.7 100.9
100 102.4 102 102.5 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Botswana vs Gambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78% in Botswana and 73.6% in the Gambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 60.8% and 57.8% will live to 70 years or older, 34.1% and 30.7% to 80+ years, and 9.18% and 5.83% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Botswana
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Botswana Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.6% 97.2% 96.8% 97.5%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 96.8% 96.4% 97.2%
3 96.7% 96.4% 97% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
4 96.5% 96.2% 96.8% 96.1% 95.6% 96.5%
5 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 95.8% 95.3% 96.3%
6 96.3% 96% 96.6% 95.5% 95% 96%
7 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 95.2% 94.7% 95.7%
8 96.2% 95.8% 96.5% 95% 94.5% 95.5%
9 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 94.8% 94.3% 95.3%
10 96% 95.7% 96.4% 94.6% 94.1% 95.2%
11 96% 95.7% 96.3% 94.5% 93.9% 95%
12 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 94.3% 93.8% 94.9%
13 95.9% 95.5% 96.2% 94.2% 93.6% 94.8%
14 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 94.1% 93.5% 94.6%
15 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 93.9% 93.3% 94.5%
16 95.7% 95.3% 96.1% 93.8% 93.2% 94.4%
17 95.6% 95.2% 96% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
18 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 93.4% 92.7% 94%
19 95.4% 95% 95.8% 93.1% 92.5% 93.8%
20 95.3% 94.8% 95.8% 92.9% 92.2% 93.6%
21 95.1% 94.6% 95.7% 92.6% 91.9% 93.4%
22 95% 94.5% 95.6% 92.4% 91.6% 93.2%
23 94.9% 94.3% 95.5% 92.1% 91.2% 93%
24 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 91.8% 90.9% 92.8%
25 94.6% 93.9% 95.2% 91.5% 90.6% 92.5%
26 94.4% 93.7% 95.1% 91.2% 90.2% 92.3%
27 94.3% 93.5% 95% 91% 89.9% 92.1%
28 94.1% 93.3% 94.9% 90.7% 89.6% 91.8%
29 93.9% 93.1% 94.8% 90.4% 89.2% 91.5%
30 93.7% 92.9% 94.6% 90.1% 88.9% 91.3%
31 93.6% 92.7% 94.5% 89.7% 88.5% 91%
32 93.4% 92.4% 94.3% 89.4% 88.2% 90.7%
33 93.2% 92.2% 94.2% 89.1% 87.8% 90.4%
34 92.9% 91.9% 94% 88.8% 87.5% 90.1%
35 92.7% 91.6% 93.8% 88.5% 87.1% 89.9%
36 92.5% 91.4% 93.6% 88.1% 86.7% 89.6%
37 92.2% 91% 93.4% 87.8% 86.4% 89.3%
38 91.9% 90.7% 93.2% 87.4% 86% 88.9%
39 91.6% 90.4% 92.9% 87.1% 85.6% 88.6%
40 91.3% 90% 92.7% 86.7% 85.1% 88.2%
41 91% 89.6% 92.4% 86.3% 84.7% 87.9%
42 90.7% 89.2% 92.1% 85.8% 84.3% 87.5%
43 90.3% 88.8% 91.8% 85.4% 83.8% 87.1%
44 89.9% 88.3% 91.5% 85% 83.3% 86.6%
45 89.4% 87.8% 91.2% 84.5% 82.8% 86.2%
46 89% 87.2% 90.8% 84% 82.3% 85.8%
47 88.5% 86.7% 90.4% 83.5% 81.7% 85.3%
48 88% 86% 90% 83% 81.2% 84.9%
49 87.4% 85.4% 89.5% 82.4% 80.6% 84.4%
50 86.8% 84.7% 89.1% 81.9% 79.9% 83.9%
51 86.2% 83.9% 88.5% 81.2% 79.2% 83.3%
52 85.5% 83.1% 88% 80.5% 78.4% 82.7%
53 84.7% 82.2% 87.4% 79.8% 77.6% 82%
54 83.9% 81.2% 86.7% 79% 76.8% 81.3%
55 83.1% 80.2% 86% 78.2% 75.9% 80.6%
56 82.2% 79.2% 85.3% 77.4% 75% 79.9%
57 81.2% 78.1% 84.5% 76.5% 74% 79.1%
58 80.2% 76.9% 83.7% 75.6% 73% 78.3%
59 79.1% 75.6% 82.8% 74.7% 72% 77.4%
60 78% 74.2% 81.8% 73.6% 70.8% 76.4%
61 76.7% 72.7% 80.7% 72.5% 69.6% 75.4%
62 75.3% 71.2% 79.6% 71.3% 68.3% 74.3%
63 73.9% 69.5% 78.3% 70% 66.9% 73.1%
64 72.3% 67.7% 77% 68.6% 65.3% 71.8%
65 70.6% 65.9% 75.5% 67% 63.7% 70.3%
66 68.9% 63.9% 74% 65.4% 62% 68.8%
67 67% 61.8% 72.3% 63.7% 60.1% 67.1%
68 65% 59.7% 70.6% 61.8% 58.2% 65.4%
69 63% 57.4% 68.7% 59.9% 56.2% 63.5%
70 60.8% 55.1% 66.8% 57.8% 54% 61.4%
71 58.5% 52.6% 64.6% 55.6% 51.8% 59.2%
72 56.1% 50% 62.5% 53.2% 49.4% 56.9%
73 53.6% 47.4% 60.1% 50.8% 46.9% 54.4%
74 51% 44.7% 57.6% 48.1% 44.3% 51.8%
75 48.3% 41.9% 55% 45.4% 41.6% 49%
76 45.5% 39.1% 52.3% 42.6% 38.9% 46.2%
77 42.7% 36.3% 49.5% 39.7% 36% 43.2%
78 39.9% 33.5% 46.6% 36.8% 33.2% 40.2%
79 37% 30.7% 43.5% 33.7% 30.2% 37.1%
80 34.1% 27.9% 40.4% 30.7% 27.3% 33.9%
81 31.2% 25% 37.5% 27.6% 24.5% 30.7%
82 28.4% 22.2% 34.6% 24.6% 21.6% 27.5%
83 25.5% 19.5% 31.6% 21.7% 18.9% 24.3%
84 22.8% 16.9% 28.7% 18.8% 16.3% 21.3%
85 20.2% 14.5% 25.7% 16.1% 13.9% 18.3%
86 17.6% 12.3% 22.9% 13.6% 11.6% 15.6%
87 15.3% 10.3% 20.2% 11.3% 9.56% 13.1%
88 13.1% 8.44% 17.6% 9.26% 7.7% 10.8%
89 11% 6.82% 15.1% 7.43% 6.07% 8.79%
90 9.18% 5.43% 12.8% 5.83% 4.66% 7.03%
91 7.54% 4.24% 10.7% 4.48% 3.48% 5.51%
92 6.1% 3.25% 8.84% 3.36% 2.52% 4.23%
93 4.86% 2.44% 7.17% 2.45% 1.77% 3.16%
94 3.81% 1.79% 5.72% 1.74% 1.21% 2.31%
95 2.93% 1.29% 4.48% 1.21% 0.8% 1.63%
96 2.21% 0.91% 3.44% 0.81% 0.52% 1.12%
97 1.64% 0.63% 2.59% 0.53% 0.32% 0.74%
98 1.19% 0.42% 1.91% 0.33% 0.2% 0.48%
99 0.85% 0.27% 1.38% 0.2% 0.11% 0.3%
100 0.59% 0.18% 0.98% 0.12% 0.06% 0.18%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.72% in the birth year in Botswana and 2.83% in the Gambia, 0.2% vs 0.34% at age 30, 1.64% vs 1.52% at 60, and 8.41% vs 9.96% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Botswana compared to the Gambia at any given age.

Botswana
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Botswana Gambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.72% 2.98% 2.44% 2.83% 3.19% 2.47%
1 0.39% 0.4% 0.38% 0.39% 0.43% 0.35%
2 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.37% 0.4% 0.34%
3 0.17% 0.17% 0.16% 0.35% 0.38% 0.32%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.12% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.3% 0.32% 0.29%
6 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.27% 0.29% 0.26%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.21% 0.22% 0.2%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.18% 0.19% 0.17%
10 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.16% 0.17% 0.15%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.15% 0.16% 0.14%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.14% 0.15% 0.13%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.15% 0.17% 0.14%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.17% 0.19% 0.15%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.19% 0.22% 0.17%
17 0.1% 0.13% 0.08% 0.22% 0.25% 0.18%
18 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.24% 0.28% 0.2%
19 0.13% 0.16% 0.09% 0.26% 0.31% 0.21%
20 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.28% 0.33% 0.22%
21 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.3% 0.36% 0.23%
23 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.3% 0.37% 0.24%
24 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.31% 0.37% 0.25%
25 0.16% 0.21% 0.12% 0.31% 0.37% 0.26%
26 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.32% 0.37% 0.27%
27 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.32% 0.37% 0.28%
28 0.18% 0.23% 0.14% 0.33% 0.38% 0.29%
29 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.34% 0.38% 0.29%
30 0.2% 0.24% 0.15% 0.34% 0.39% 0.3%
31 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
32 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.36% 0.4% 0.31%
33 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.36% 0.41% 0.32%
34 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.37% 0.42% 0.32%
35 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
36 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.39% 0.43% 0.34%
37 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.4% 0.45% 0.36%
38 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 0.42% 0.47% 0.38%
39 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.44% 0.49% 0.4%
40 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 0.47% 0.51% 0.42%
41 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.49% 0.54% 0.45%
42 0.42% 0.5% 0.33% 0.51% 0.56% 0.47%
43 0.44% 0.53% 0.35% 0.53% 0.58% 0.48%
44 0.47% 0.57% 0.37% 0.55% 0.6% 0.5%
45 0.51% 0.62% 0.4% 0.57% 0.63% 0.51%
46 0.54% 0.66% 0.43% 0.59% 0.66% 0.52%
47 0.59% 0.71% 0.46% 0.62% 0.69% 0.55%
48 0.64% 0.77% 0.5% 0.66% 0.75% 0.58%
49 0.69% 0.84% 0.54% 0.71% 0.81% 0.62%
50 0.75% 0.91% 0.59% 0.77% 0.88% 0.67%
51 0.8% 0.98% 0.63% 0.84% 0.96% 0.73%
52 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.9% 1.03% 0.78%
53 0.94% 1.14% 0.74% 0.96% 1.1% 0.84%
54 1.01% 1.23% 0.8% 1.01% 1.16% 0.88%
55 1.08% 1.32% 0.86% 1.07% 1.21% 0.93%
56 1.17% 1.43% 0.93% 1.12% 1.28% 0.98%
57 1.26% 1.54% 1% 1.19% 1.35% 1.04%
58 1.37% 1.67% 1.09% 1.27% 1.45% 1.12%
59 1.48% 1.81% 1.18% 1.38% 1.57% 1.22%
60 1.64% 1.99% 1.32% 1.52% 1.72% 1.34%
61 1.76% 2.13% 1.41% 1.67% 1.9% 1.48%
62 1.94% 2.34% 1.57% 1.85% 2.09% 1.64%
63 2.11% 2.54% 1.71% 2.03% 2.29% 1.81%
64 2.3% 2.75% 1.88% 2.22% 2.5% 1.99%
65 2.51% 3% 2.07% 2.43% 2.72% 2.19%
66 2.7% 3.22% 2.22% 2.65% 2.95% 2.41%
67 2.93% 3.5% 2.41% 2.89% 3.2% 2.64%
68 3.21% 3.8% 2.63% 3.17% 3.49% 2.92%
69 3.48% 4.12% 2.85% 3.48% 3.81% 3.22%
70 3.82% 4.5% 3.17% 3.84% 4.18% 3.57%
71 4.09% 4.84% 3.4% 4.23% 4.59% 3.95%
72 4.48% 5.29% 3.77% 4.66% 5.04% 4.36%
73 4.84% 5.72% 4.11% 5.13% 5.53% 4.81%
74 5.25% 6.18% 4.51% 5.63% 6.06% 5.3%
75 5.68% 6.68% 4.94% 6.19% 6.65% 5.82%
76 6.17% 7.21% 5.42% 6.8% 7.29% 6.4%
77 6.66% 7.76% 5.9% 7.47% 7.99% 7.05%
78 7.28% 8.41% 6.53% 8.22% 8.77% 7.77%
79 7.88% 9.04% 7.13% 9.05% 9.62% 8.58%
80 8.41% 10.3% 7.19% 9.96% 10.6% 9.47%
81 9.14% 11.2% 7.85% 10.9% 11.5% 10.4%
82 9.91% 12.2% 8.56% 12% 12.6% 11.5%
83 10.7% 13.2% 9.32% 13.1% 13.7% 12.6%
84 11.6% 14.2% 10.1% 14.3% 14.9% 13.7%
85 12.5% 15.4% 11% 15.5% 16.3% 14.9%
86 13.5% 16.6% 12% 16.8% 17.7% 16.1%
87 14.5% 17.8% 13% 18.3% 19.4% 17.4%
88 15.6% 19.1% 14% 19.8% 21.2% 18.7%
89 16.7% 20.5% 15.1% 21.5% 23.2% 20.1%
90 17.9% 21.9% 16.3% 23.2% 25.4% 21.6%
91 19.1% 23.4% 17.6% 25.1% 27.5% 23.3%
92 20.4% 24.9% 18.9% 26.9% 29.7% 25.1%
93 21.7% 26.4% 20.2% 28.9% 31.7% 27.1%
94 23% 28% 21.7% 30.9% 33.7% 29.2%
95 24.5% 29.6% 23.1% 32.9% 35.6% 31.4%
96 25.9% 31.2% 24.6% 34.9% 37.5% 33.6%
97 27.4% 32.9% 26.2% 36.8% 39.5% 35.7%
98 28.9% 34.5% 27.8% 38.7% 41.5% 37.7%
99 30.4% 36.1% 29.4% 40.6% 43.5% 39.5%
100 31.9% 37.8% 30.9% 42.6% 45.5% 41.7%

Death rate by age in Botswana compared to the Gambia

In Botswana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 80 in the Gambia. The median age of death is 74.4 in Botswana and 73.3 in the Gambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Botswana
Male

Female
Gambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Botswana Gambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,716 2,983 2,443 2,834 3,192 2,466
1 376 384 367 380 416 342
2 230.7 238.9 222.2 360 390 329
3 160.7 168 153.3 339 363 315
4 118 123.7 112.2 317 336 297.6
5 91.6 96.7 86.4 291 305 276.1
6 77 82.5 71.3 261.5 272.9 249.8
7 67.3 73.3 61.2 229.7 239.2 220
8 59.9 65.9 53.7 198.9 207.4 190.2
9 55.2 61.2 49.1 171.9 180 163.6
10 52.8 58.9 46.7 151.3 159.5 142.9
11 52.5 58.9 46 138.3 146.9 129.4
12 54.3 61 47.3 132.8 142.2 123
13 58.3 65.9 50.6 134.9 145.8 123.7
14 65 74.5 55.4 144 157.1 130.5
15 74.4 86.5 62.1 159.5 176 142.5
16 86.4 102.9 69.6 179.9 201.2 158
17 98.5 120.4 76.3 202.7 230.3 174.2
18 111.4 139.5 82.9 225.1 260.1 189
19 120.7 152.4 88.4 244.3 287 200.3
20 128.6 163.3 93.3 259.2 309 208.3
21 134.8 172.2 97.1 269.6 324 213.9
22 140.6 179.5 101.4 276.3 332 218.6
23 145.7 185.2 105.8 280.8 336 224
24 150.4 189.7 110.6 284 336 230.6
25 154.6 193.8 115 287.2 335 238.4
26 159.4 198.3 120.3 290.8 333 246.9
27 165.1 203.6 126 295.1 334 255.4
28 171.4 210.1 132.1 300 336 263
29 178.3 217.6 138.5 305 340 269.5
30 187.3 227.3 146.6 311 346 274.6
31 193.9 235 151.8 315 351 278.6
32 205.8 248.1 162.3 320 357 282.1
33 216.7 260.3 171.6 324 361 285.5
34 229 274.4 181.9 328 365 290
35 243.5 290.8 194.2 334 370 296.4
36 257.8 307 206.3 342 377 306
37 273.2 325 218.5 353 387 319
38 292.2 346 234.9 368 400 335
39 310 367 249.4 386 417 354
40 333 393 268.7 406 436 375
41 350 413 281.4 424 455 394
42 378 445 305 441 472 409
43 400 472 322 455 488 421
44 425 504 343 467 503 430
45 456 542 368 479 519 438
46 485 576 390 495 539 449
47 520 618 418 517 568 466
48 560 665 452 548 605 491
49 601 714 485 588 652 524
50 652 774 530 634 705 564
51 688 818 557 682 759 607
52 746 883 608 728 810 649
53 793 940 645 768 854 687
54 846 1,001 691 802 889 720
55 898 1,063 736 834 922 751
56 959 1,131 789 867 956 784
57 1,020 1,200 841 909 1,000 825
58 1,097 1,284 911 964 1,057 878
59 1,171 1,367 976 1,034 1,131 944
60 1,277 1,475 1,077 1,118 1,221 1,025
61 1,347 1,550 1,137 1,213 1,321 1,117
62 1,462 1,666 1,248 1,316 1,427 1,217
63 1,560 1,764 1,342 1,420 1,532 1,322
64 1,666 1,866 1,445 1,523 1,633 1,430
65 1,777 1,974 1,561 1,627 1,731 1,540
66 1,857 2,059 1,639 1,732 1,827 1,654
67 1,965 2,164 1,743 1,842 1,926 1,776
68 2,085 2,270 1,860 1,960 2,030 1,906
69 2,191 2,364 1,960 2,086 2,141 2,045
70 2,320 2,476 2,118 2,217 2,257 2,191
71 2,388 2,542 2,198 2,350 2,375 2,338
72 2,511 2,645 2,357 2,480 2,488 2,482
73 2,591 2,710 2,470 2,602 2,594 2,618
74 2,674 2,763 2,599 2,712 2,687 2,743
75 2,745 2,800 2,717 2,812 2,768 2,856
76 2,809 2,820 2,833 2,898 2,833 2,957
77 2,847 2,817 2,919 2,969 2,880 3,047
78 2,904 2,815 3,039 3,023 2,908 3,122
79 2,916 2,773 3,104 3,054 2,911 3,179
80 2,866 2,879 2,908 3,055 2,884 3,208
81 2,851 2,804 2,945 3,022 2,823 3,202
82 2,809 2,699 2,959 2,949 2,726 3,154
83 2,739 2,568 2,946 2,836 2,595 3,058
84 2,642 2,411 2,906 2,685 2,436 2,916
85 2,521 2,232 2,837 2,503 2,256 2,733
86 2,377 2,036 2,739 2,296 2,060 2,516
87 2,212 1,827 2,613 2,072 1,853 2,275
88 2,032 1,612 2,461 1,836 1,636 2,022
89 1,839 1,397 2,286 1,595 1,411 1,767
90 1,640 1,188 2,092 1,355 1,182 1,518
91 1,440 990 1,884 1,122 957 1,282
92 1,242 808 1,668 904 747 1,061
93 1,053 645 1,451 708 562 858
94 877 503 1,238 538 407 674
95 716 383 1,036 396 285.5 513
96 573 284.1 848 282.1 193.9 376
97 449 205.6 680 193.8 127.5 265.3
98 344 144.9 532 128.9 81.1 180
99 257.5 99.4 406 83 49.8 117.7
100 124 11.6 227.9 0 0 0

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Botswana and the Gambia demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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