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Life Expectancy in Botswana vs Sierra Leone (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Botswana vs 62.2 in Sierra Leone. Botswana is ranked 141/197 by life expectancy, and Sierra Leone is 186/197. In Botswana, the life expectancy is 66.9 years for males and 72 years for females. In Sierra Leone, it's 60.4 years for males and 63.9 years for females.

Botswana vs Sierra Leone life expectancy at birth by year chart

Botswana
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Botswana Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 46.2 44.2 48 28.9 27.5 30.4
1951 46.6 44.6 48.4 29.3 27.8 30.8
1952 47 45.1 48.9 29.7 28.3 31.2
1953 47.5 45.6 49.3 30.1 28.7 31.6
1954 48 46 49.8 30.5 29.1 32
1955 48.5 46.5 50.3 30.9 29.5 32.4
1956 49 47.1 50.8 31.3 29.9 32.8
1957 49.5 47.6 51.4 31.8 30.3 33.2
1958 50.1 48.1 51.9 32.1 30.7 33.6
1959 50.7 48.7 52.5 32.6 31.1 34
1960 51.2 49.2 53.1 33.1 31.6 34.6
1961 51.8 49.7 53.7 33.6 32.1 35.2
1962 52.3 50.2 54.2 34.2 32.7 35.7
1963 52.8 50.7 54.8 34.7 33.3 36.2
1964 53.4 51.2 55.4 35.3 33.9 36.7
1965 53.9 51.6 55.9 35.9 34.5 37.3
1966 54.4 52 56.5 36.6 35.4 37.9
1967 54.9 52.5 57 37.3 36 38.5
1968 55.4 52.9 57.5 37.8 36.5 39
1969 55.9 53.4 58.1 38.2 37 39.4
1970 56.4 53.9 58.6 38.6 37.3 39.9
1971 57.1 54.5 59.2 39.1 37.8 40.5
1972 57.7 55.1 59.9 39.5 38.1 41
1973 58.3 55.7 60.5 40 38.4 41.5
1974 58.9 56.3 61.2 40.4 38.8 42.1
1975 59.5 57 61.8 41 39.3 42.7
1976 60.2 57.6 62.6 41.4 39.7 43.1
1977 60.9 58.3 63.3 41.8 40.1 43.5
1978 61.5 58.9 63.9 42.2 40.5 43.9
1979 62 59.4 64.5 42.5 40.8 44.3
1980 62.5 59.9 65.1 42.8 41.1 44.6
1981 63 60.3 65.6 43.1 41.4 44.8
1982 63.4 60.7 66.1 43.3 41.6 45
1983 63.6 60.8 66.4 43.5 41.8 45.1
1984 63.7 60.8 66.6 43.6 42 45.2
1985 63.6 60.6 66.7 43.6 42 45.1
1986 63.4 60.3 66.5 43.5 42 45
1987 62.8 59.6 66.1 43.7 42.3 45.2
1988 61.7 58.4 65.1 43.8 42.3 45.2
1989 61.2 57.8 64.7 43.7 42.3 45.2
1990 60.1 56.7 63.7 43.7 42.4 45.1
1991 58.9 55.5 62.5 43.3 41.8 44.8
1992 58.2 55.2 61.3 43.5 42 45
1993 57.3 54.7 60 43.4 41.9 44.9
1994 56 53.3 58.7 42.8 41.2 44.4
1995 54.7 51.9 57.7 42.6 40.8 44.4
1996 54.3 52 56.7 43.5 42.2 44.9
1997 53.6 51.5 55.7 43.6 42.3 45
1998 53 51 55 42.7 40.7 44.8
1999 52.5 50.7 54.3 42 38.8 45.5
2000 52.3 50.5 54 44.8 43.7 46
2001 52.2 50.5 54 45.4 44.3 46.6
2002 52.4 50.6 54.2 46.2 45.2 47.1
2003 52.9 51 54.7 46.8 45.8 47.7
2004 53.6 51.8 55.4 47.5 46.6 48.4
2005 54.4 52.5 56.3 48.3 47.4 49.2
2006 55.1 53.5 56.7 49.5 48.6 50.5
2007 56.7 55 58.4 50 49 51
2008 57.7 55.9 59.4 50.7 49.7 51.7
2009 58.3 56.1 60.5 51.3 50.3 52.3
2010 59.1 56.8 61.5 51.9 50.9 52.9
2011 59.7 57.5 61.9 52.6 51.7 53.5
2012 60.4 58.3 62.4 53.2 52.2 54.1
2013 61.2 59.2 63.2 54.1 53.1 55
2014 62.2 60.2 64.1 54.3 53.4 55.1
2015 63.2 61.2 65.2 55.5 54.5 56.3
2016 64.3 62.2 66.4 56.9 56 57.9
2017 65.4 63.2 67.6 57.8 56.7 58.8
2018 66.4 64.1 68.7 59.1 57.8 60.3
2019 67.2 64.8 69.6 59.6 58.3 60.9
2020 67.6 65 70.4 59.7 58.2 61.2
2021 63.3 61.2 65.5 60.3 58.8 61.7
2022 68.7 66.3 71.2 61.3 59.5 63
2023 69.2 66.7 71.7 61.8 60.1 63.5
2024 69.3 66.8 71.9 62 60.2 63.7
2025 69.4 66.9 72 62.2 60.4 63.9

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 53.1 in Sierra Leone. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 10.8 healthy years in Botswana and 12.6 in Sierra Leone.

Botswana vs Sierra Leone 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 Sierra Leone, 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 40.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.5 vs 70.9 years

Median expected age of death:
75.5 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Botswana Sierra Leone
Male Female Male Female
40 96.9% 98.0% 96.8% 97.0%
50 91.1% 94.1% 91.1% 92.0%
60 79.9% 86.4% 79.1% 82.8%
65 70.9% 79.8% 69.1% 74.9%
70 59.3% 70.6% 55.8% 63.6%
75 45.1% 58.2% 39.6% 48.0%
80 30.0% 42.7% 23.0% 30.0%
85 15.6% 27.2% 9.9% 14.3%
90 5.8% 13.5% 2.7% 4.6%
95 1.4% 4.7% 0.4% 0.9%
100 0.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1%

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 Sierra Leone: 73.5 years vs 70.9 at 30, 79.9 vs 77.6 at 65, 87.2 vs 85.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.4 vs 62.2 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 Sierra Leone.

Botswana
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Botswana Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.4 66.9 72 62.2 60.4 63.9
1 71.4 69 73.8 66.8 65.3 68.2
2 71.6 69.2 74.1 67.7 66.3 69.1
3 71.8 69.4 74.2 68.2 66.8 69.6
4 71.9 69.5 74.4 68.4 67 69.8
5 72 69.6 74.4 68.5 67.1 69.9
6 72.1 69.7 74.5 68.7 67.3 70.1
7 72.1 69.7 74.5 68.8 67.4 70.2
8 72.2 69.8 74.6 68.9 67.5 70.3
9 72.2 69.8 74.6 69 67.6 70.3
10 72.2 69.8 74.7 69.1 67.7 70.4
11 72.3 69.9 74.7 69.1 67.8 70.5
12 72.3 69.9 74.7 69.2 67.8 70.5
13 72.3 69.9 74.8 69.3 67.9 70.6
14 72.4 70 74.8 69.3 68 70.6
15 72.4 70 74.8 69.4 68.1 70.7
16 72.5 70.1 74.9 69.5 68.2 70.8
17 72.5 70.1 74.9 69.6 68.3 70.8
18 72.6 70.2 74.9 69.7 68.4 70.9
19 72.6 70.3 75 69.8 68.5 71
20 72.7 70.4 75 69.9 68.6 71.1
21 72.8 70.4 75.1 70 68.7 71.2
22 72.8 70.5 75.2 70.1 68.9 71.3
23 72.9 70.6 75.2 70.2 69 71.4
24 73 70.7 75.3 70.3 69.1 71.4
25 73.1 70.8 75.3 70.4 69.3 71.5
26 73.1 70.9 75.4 70.5 69.4 71.6
27 73.2 71 75.4 70.6 69.5 71.7
28 73.3 71.1 75.5 70.7 69.6 71.8
29 73.4 71.2 75.6 70.8 69.7 71.9
30 73.5 71.3 75.6 70.9 69.8 72
31 73.6 71.4 75.7 71 69.9 72.1
32 73.6 71.5 75.8 71.1 70 72.2
33 73.7 71.6 75.9 71.3 70.2 72.3
34 73.8 71.7 75.9 71.4 70.3 72.4
35 73.9 71.8 76 71.5 70.4 72.5
36 74 71.9 76.1 71.6 70.5 72.6
37 74.1 72 76.2 71.7 70.6 72.8
38 74.2 72.2 76.3 71.8 70.7 72.9
39 74.3 72.3 76.4 71.9 70.8 73
40 74.5 72.4 76.5 72.1 71 73.1
41 74.6 72.6 76.6 72.2 71.1 73.3
42 74.7 72.7 76.7 72.3 71.2 73.4
43 74.9 72.9 76.8 72.5 71.4 73.5
44 75 73 76.9 72.6 71.5 73.7
45 75.1 73.2 77 72.8 71.7 73.8
46 75.3 73.4 77.2 72.9 71.8 74
47 75.4 73.5 77.3 73.1 72 74.1
48 75.6 73.7 77.4 73.3 72.2 74.3
49 75.8 73.9 77.6 73.4 72.4 74.4
50 76 74.1 77.7 73.6 72.6 74.6
51 76.2 74.3 77.9 73.8 72.8 74.8
52 76.4 74.6 78.1 74 73 75
53 76.6 74.8 78.2 74.2 73.2 75.2
54 76.8 75.1 78.4 74.5 73.5 75.4
55 77 75.3 78.6 74.7 73.7 75.6
56 77.2 75.6 78.8 74.9 74 75.8
57 77.5 75.9 79 75.2 74.2 76
58 77.7 76.1 79.2 75.4 74.5 76.3
59 78 76.4 79.5 75.7 74.8 76.5
60 78.3 76.8 79.7 76 75.1 76.7
61 78.6 77.1 80 76.3 75.5 77
62 78.9 77.4 80.2 76.6 75.8 77.3
63 79.2 77.8 80.5 76.9 76.2 77.6
64 79.6 78.2 80.8 77.3 76.6 77.9
65 79.9 78.5 81.1 77.6 77 78.2
66 80.3 78.9 81.5 78 77.4 78.6
67 80.7 79.4 81.8 78.4 77.8 78.9
68 81.1 79.8 82.1 78.8 78.2 79.3
69 81.5 80.2 82.5 79.2 78.7 79.7
70 81.9 80.7 82.9 79.7 79.2 80.1
71 82.4 81.2 83.3 80.2 79.7 80.5
72 82.8 81.7 83.7 80.6 80.2 81
73 83.3 82.2 84.2 81.2 80.7 81.5
74 83.8 82.7 84.6 81.7 81.3 82
75 84.3 83.2 85.1 82.3 81.9 82.6
76 84.9 83.8 85.6 82.8 82.5 83.1
77 85.4 84.4 86.1 83.4 83.1 83.7
78 86 84.9 86.7 84.1 83.7 84.3
79 86.6 85.5 87.2 84.7 84.4 84.9
80 87.2 86.1 87.8 85.4 85.1 85.6
81 87.8 86.8 88.4 86 85.8 86.2
82 88.4 87.4 89 86.7 86.5 86.9
83 89.1 88.1 89.6 87.4 87.2 87.6
84 89.7 88.8 90.2 88.2 87.9 88.3
85 90.4 89.6 90.8 88.9 88.7 89.1
86 91.1 90.3 91.5 89.7 89.5 89.9
87 91.8 91 92.2 90.5 90.3 90.6
88 92.6 91.8 92.9 91.3 91.1 91.4
89 93.3 92.6 93.6 92.1 91.9 92.2
90 94.1 93.4 94.3 93 92.8 93.1
91 94.9 94.2 95.1 93.8 93.6 93.9
92 95.6 95 95.8 94.6 94.5 94.7
93 96.4 95.9 96.6 95.5 95.3 95.6
94 97.3 96.7 97.4 96.4 96.2 96.4
95 98.1 97.6 98.2 97.2 97.1 97.3
96 98.9 98.4 99 98.1 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
99 101.5 101.1 101.6 100.9 100.8 100.9
100 102.4 102 102.5 101.8 101.7 101.8

Odds of living to age in Botswana vs Sierra Leone

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78% in Botswana and 70% in Sierra Leone are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 60.8% and 51.7% will live to 70 years or older, 34.1% and 23% to 80+ years, and 9.18% and 3.18% 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
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Botswana Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97% 97.6% 93.1% 92.5% 93.7%
2 96.9% 96.6% 97.2% 91.7% 91% 92.3%
3 96.7% 96.4% 97% 91% 90.3% 91.7%
4 96.5% 96.2% 96.8% 90.7% 90% 91.4%
5 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 90.6% 89.9% 91.3%
6 96.3% 96% 96.6% 90.4% 89.6% 91.1%
7 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 90.2% 89.4% 90.9%
8 96.2% 95.8% 96.5% 90% 89.3% 90.8%
9 96.1% 95.8% 96.4% 89.9% 89.1% 90.7%
10 96% 95.7% 96.4% 89.8% 89% 90.6%
11 96% 95.7% 96.3% 89.7% 88.9% 90.5%
12 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 89.6% 88.8% 90.4%
13 95.9% 95.5% 96.2% 89.5% 88.7% 90.3%
14 95.8% 95.5% 96.2% 89.4% 88.6% 90.2%
15 95.8% 95.4% 96.1% 89.3% 88.4% 90.1%
16 95.7% 95.3% 96.1% 89.1% 88.3% 90%
17 95.6% 95.2% 96% 89% 88.1% 89.9%
18 95.5% 95.1% 95.9% 88.8% 87.9% 89.7%
19 95.4% 95% 95.8% 88.7% 87.7% 89.6%
20 95.3% 94.8% 95.8% 88.5% 87.5% 89.5%
21 95.1% 94.6% 95.7% 88.3% 87.2% 89.3%
22 95% 94.5% 95.6% 88.1% 87% 89.1%
23 94.9% 94.3% 95.5% 87.9% 86.7% 89%
24 94.7% 94.1% 95.4% 87.6% 86.5% 88.8%
25 94.6% 93.9% 95.2% 87.4% 86.2% 88.7%
26 94.4% 93.7% 95.1% 87.2% 86% 88.5%
27 94.3% 93.5% 95% 87% 85.8% 88.3%
28 94.1% 93.3% 94.9% 86.8% 85.6% 88.1%
29 93.9% 93.1% 94.8% 86.6% 85.3% 87.9%
30 93.7% 92.9% 94.6% 86.4% 85.1% 87.7%
31 93.6% 92.7% 94.5% 86.2% 84.9% 87.5%
32 93.4% 92.4% 94.3% 86% 84.6% 87.3%
33 93.2% 92.2% 94.2% 85.7% 84.4% 87.1%
34 92.9% 91.9% 94% 85.5% 84.2% 86.8%
35 92.7% 91.6% 93.8% 85.2% 83.9% 86.6%
36 92.5% 91.4% 93.6% 85% 83.6% 86.3%
37 92.2% 91% 93.4% 84.7% 83.3% 86%
38 91.9% 90.7% 93.2% 84.4% 83% 85.7%
39 91.6% 90.4% 92.9% 84.1% 82.7% 85.4%
40 91.3% 90% 92.7% 83.7% 82.4% 85.1%
41 91% 89.6% 92.4% 83.4% 82% 84.8%
42 90.7% 89.2% 92.1% 83% 81.7% 84.4%
43 90.3% 88.8% 91.8% 82.6% 81.3% 84%
44 89.9% 88.3% 91.5% 82.2% 80.8% 83.6%
45 89.4% 87.8% 91.2% 81.8% 80.4% 83.2%
46 89% 87.2% 90.8% 81.3% 79.9% 82.8%
47 88.5% 86.7% 90.4% 80.8% 79.3% 82.3%
48 88% 86% 90% 80.3% 78.8% 81.8%
49 87.4% 85.4% 89.5% 79.7% 78.2% 81.3%
50 86.8% 84.7% 89.1% 79.1% 77.5% 80.7%
51 86.2% 83.9% 88.5% 78.4% 76.8% 80.1%
52 85.5% 83.1% 88% 77.7% 76% 79.5%
53 84.7% 82.2% 87.4% 77% 75.2% 78.8%
54 83.9% 81.2% 86.7% 76.2% 74.3% 78.1%
55 83.1% 80.2% 86% 75.3% 73.3% 77.3%
56 82.2% 79.2% 85.3% 74.4% 72.3% 76.5%
57 81.2% 78.1% 84.5% 73.4% 71.2% 75.7%
58 80.2% 76.9% 83.7% 72.3% 70% 74.7%
59 79.1% 75.6% 82.8% 71.2% 68.7% 73.7%
60 78% 74.2% 81.8% 70% 67.3% 72.7%
61 76.7% 72.7% 80.7% 68.7% 65.8% 71.5%
62 75.3% 71.2% 79.6% 67.2% 64.2% 70.2%
63 73.9% 69.5% 78.3% 65.7% 62.5% 68.8%
64 72.3% 67.7% 77% 64% 60.7% 67.3%
65 70.6% 65.9% 75.5% 62.3% 58.8% 65.7%
66 68.9% 63.9% 74% 60.4% 56.8% 64%
67 67% 61.8% 72.3% 58.4% 54.6% 62.2%
68 65% 59.7% 70.6% 56.3% 52.4% 60.2%
69 63% 57.4% 68.7% 54.1% 50% 58.1%
70 60.8% 55.1% 66.8% 51.7% 47.5% 55.8%
71 58.5% 52.6% 64.6% 49.2% 44.9% 53.4%
72 56.1% 50% 62.5% 46.5% 42.2% 50.8%
73 53.6% 47.4% 60.1% 43.8% 39.5% 48%
74 51% 44.7% 57.6% 40.9% 36.6% 45.1%
75 48.3% 41.9% 55% 38% 33.7% 42.1%
76 45.5% 39.1% 52.3% 34.9% 30.8% 39%
77 42.7% 36.3% 49.5% 31.9% 27.9% 35.8%
78 39.9% 33.5% 46.6% 28.9% 25.1% 32.6%
79 37% 30.7% 43.5% 25.9% 22.3% 29.5%
80 34.1% 27.9% 40.4% 23% 19.6% 26.4%
81 31.2% 25% 37.5% 20.2% 17% 23.3%
82 28.4% 22.2% 34.6% 17.5% 14.6% 20.4%
83 25.5% 19.5% 31.6% 15% 12.4% 17.6%
84 22.8% 16.9% 28.7% 12.6% 10.3% 15%
85 20.2% 14.5% 25.7% 10.5% 8.43% 12.5%
86 17.6% 12.3% 22.9% 8.57% 6.77% 10.3%
87 15.3% 10.3% 20.2% 6.87% 5.33% 8.38%
88 13.1% 8.44% 17.6% 5.41% 4.12% 6.69%
89 11% 6.82% 15.1% 4.19% 3.12% 5.24%
90 9.18% 5.43% 12.8% 3.18% 2.32% 4.04%
91 7.54% 4.24% 10.7% 2.37% 1.69% 3.05%
92 6.1% 3.25% 8.84% 1.73% 1.2% 2.26%
93 4.86% 2.44% 7.17% 1.24% 0.84% 1.63%
94 3.81% 1.79% 5.72% 0.86% 0.57% 1.16%
95 2.93% 1.29% 4.48% 0.58% 0.37% 0.8%
96 2.21% 0.91% 3.44% 0.39% 0.24% 0.53%
97 1.64% 0.63% 2.59% 0.25% 0.15% 0.35%
98 1.19% 0.42% 1.91% 0.16% 0.09% 0.22%
99 0.85% 0.27% 1.38% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%
100 0.59% 0.18% 0.98% 0.06% 0.03% 0.08%

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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 6.93% in Sierra Leone, 0.2% vs 0.25% at age 30, 1.64% vs 1.9% at 60, and 8.41% vs 12.2% at 80.

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

Botswana
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Botswana Sierra Leone
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.72% 2.98% 2.44% 6.93% 7.54% 6.33%
1 0.39% 0.4% 0.38% 1.49% 1.56% 1.42%
2 0.24% 0.25% 0.23% 0.73% 0.77% 0.7%
3 0.17% 0.17% 0.16% 0.29% 0.31% 0.28%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.12% 0.18% 0.18% 0.17%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.26% 0.28% 0.24%
6 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.2% 0.22% 0.18%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.16% 0.17% 0.14%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.13% 0.15% 0.12%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.12% 0.13% 0.11%
10 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.12% 0.14% 0.11%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.15% 0.17% 0.12%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.17% 0.2% 0.14%
17 0.1% 0.13% 0.08% 0.18% 0.22% 0.15%
18 0.12% 0.15% 0.09% 0.2% 0.24% 0.16%
19 0.13% 0.16% 0.09% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
20 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.22% 0.28% 0.17%
21 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.23% 0.29% 0.18%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.23% 0.29% 0.18%
23 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.24% 0.29% 0.19%
24 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.24% 0.28% 0.19%
25 0.16% 0.21% 0.12% 0.24% 0.27% 0.2%
26 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.24% 0.27% 0.2%
27 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.24% 0.26% 0.21%
28 0.18% 0.23% 0.14% 0.24% 0.26% 0.22%
29 0.19% 0.23% 0.15% 0.25% 0.26% 0.23%
30 0.2% 0.24% 0.15% 0.25% 0.27% 0.24%
31 0.21% 0.25% 0.16% 0.26% 0.28% 0.25%
32 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.27% 0.28% 0.26%
33 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.29% 0.3% 0.27%
34 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.3% 0.31% 0.29%
35 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.31% 0.32% 0.3%
36 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.33% 0.34% 0.32%
37 0.3% 0.36% 0.23% 0.35% 0.36% 0.34%
38 0.32% 0.38% 0.25% 0.37% 0.38% 0.36%
39 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.39% 0.4% 0.38%
40 0.36% 0.44% 0.29% 0.42% 0.43% 0.4%
41 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.44% 0.46% 0.42%
42 0.42% 0.5% 0.33% 0.47% 0.49% 0.45%
43 0.44% 0.53% 0.35% 0.5% 0.53% 0.47%
44 0.47% 0.57% 0.37% 0.53% 0.57% 0.5%
45 0.51% 0.62% 0.4% 0.57% 0.61% 0.53%
46 0.54% 0.66% 0.43% 0.61% 0.66% 0.56%
47 0.59% 0.71% 0.46% 0.66% 0.72% 0.6%
48 0.64% 0.77% 0.5% 0.71% 0.78% 0.64%
49 0.69% 0.84% 0.54% 0.77% 0.85% 0.69%
50 0.75% 0.91% 0.59% 0.83% 0.93% 0.74%
51 0.8% 0.98% 0.63% 0.9% 1.01% 0.8%
52 0.87% 1.06% 0.69% 0.97% 1.1% 0.86%
53 0.94% 1.14% 0.74% 1.05% 1.19% 0.92%
54 1.01% 1.23% 0.8% 1.13% 1.3% 0.98%
55 1.08% 1.32% 0.86% 1.22% 1.41% 1.05%
56 1.17% 1.43% 0.93% 1.32% 1.53% 1.13%
57 1.26% 1.54% 1% 1.44% 1.67% 1.22%
58 1.37% 1.67% 1.09% 1.57% 1.83% 1.33%
59 1.48% 1.81% 1.18% 1.72% 2.01% 1.46%
60 1.64% 1.99% 1.32% 1.9% 2.2% 1.61%
61 1.76% 2.13% 1.41% 2.09% 2.42% 1.79%
62 1.94% 2.34% 1.57% 2.29% 2.65% 1.97%
63 2.11% 2.54% 1.71% 2.52% 2.9% 2.17%
64 2.3% 2.75% 1.88% 2.75% 3.17% 2.39%
65 2.51% 3% 2.07% 3.01% 3.46% 2.62%
66 2.7% 3.22% 2.22% 3.29% 3.78% 2.87%
67 2.93% 3.5% 2.41% 3.61% 4.13% 3.17%
68 3.21% 3.8% 2.63% 3.97% 4.52% 3.51%
69 3.48% 4.12% 2.85% 4.38% 4.96% 3.9%
70 3.82% 4.5% 3.17% 4.85% 5.45% 4.36%
71 4.09% 4.84% 3.4% 5.37% 5.98% 4.88%
72 4.48% 5.29% 3.77% 5.94% 6.57% 5.44%
73 4.84% 5.72% 4.11% 6.56% 7.21% 6.05%
74 5.25% 6.18% 4.51% 7.22% 7.89% 6.7%
75 5.68% 6.68% 4.94% 7.92% 8.62% 7.39%
76 6.17% 7.21% 5.42% 8.67% 9.4% 8.11%
77 6.66% 7.76% 5.9% 9.46% 10.2% 8.88%
78 7.28% 8.41% 6.53% 10.3% 11.1% 9.71%
79 7.88% 9.04% 7.13% 11.2% 12% 10.6%
80 8.41% 10.3% 7.19% 12.2% 13.1% 11.6%
81 9.14% 11.2% 7.85% 13.3% 14.2% 12.6%
82 9.91% 12.2% 8.56% 14.4% 15.4% 13.7%
83 10.7% 13.2% 9.32% 15.7% 16.7% 14.9%
84 11.6% 14.2% 10.1% 17% 18.2% 16.2%
85 12.5% 15.4% 11% 18.4% 19.7% 17.5%
86 13.5% 16.6% 12% 19.8% 21.2% 18.9%
87 14.5% 17.8% 13% 21.2% 22.7% 20.2%
88 15.6% 19.1% 14% 22.6% 24.2% 21.6%
89 16.7% 20.5% 15.1% 24% 25.7% 23%
90 17.9% 21.9% 16.3% 25.5% 27.2% 24.4%
91 19.1% 23.4% 17.6% 27% 28.8% 26%
92 20.4% 24.9% 18.9% 28.6% 30.5% 27.6%
93 21.7% 26.4% 20.2% 30.3% 32.2% 29.3%
94 23% 28% 21.7% 32.1% 34% 31.1%
95 24.5% 29.6% 23.1% 33.9% 35.8% 33%
96 25.9% 31.2% 24.6% 35.7% 37.6% 34.8%
97 27.4% 32.9% 26.2% 37.5% 39.4% 36.6%
98 28.9% 34.5% 27.8% 39.2% 41.1% 38.4%
99 30.4% 36.1% 29.4% 40.8% 42.7% 40%
100 31.9% 37.8% 30.9% 42.6% 44.5% 41.9%

Death rate by age in Botswana compared to Sierra Leone

In Botswana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in Sierra Leone. The median age of death is 74.4 in Botswana and 70.7 in Sierra Leone — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Botswana
Male

Female
Sierra Leone
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Botswana Sierra Leone
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,716 2,983 2,443 6,929 7,538 6,328
1 376 384 367 1,386 1,443 1,327
2 230.7 238.9 222.2 673 702 643
3 160.7 168 153.3 264.7 275.5 253.6
4 118 123.7 112.2 160.5 163.2 157.7
5 91.6 96.7 86.4 234.3 252.1 215.7
6 77 82.5 71.3 177.5 193.1 161.4
7 67.3 73.3 61.2 141.6 155.1 127.7
8 59.9 65.9 53.7 119.3 131.1 107.1
9 55.2 61.2 49.1 106.4 117.1 95.3
10 52.8 58.9 46.7 100.1 110.3 89.5
11 52.5 58.9 46 99 109.4 88.3
12 54.3 61 47.3 102.2 113.5 90.6
13 58.3 65.9 50.6 109.3 122.3 95.8
14 65 74.5 55.4 119.8 135.6 103.4
15 74.4 86.5 62.1 133 152.8 112.6
16 86.4 102.9 69.6 148.1 172.7 122.6
17 98.5 120.4 76.3 163.5 193.7 132.2
18 111.4 139.5 82.9 177.8 213.6 140.8
19 120.7 152.4 88.4 189.7 230.2 147.6
20 128.6 163.3 93.3 198.4 242.2 152.9
21 134.8 172.2 97.1 203.8 248.8 157.1
22 140.6 179.5 101.4 206.3 250.2 160.8
23 145.7 185.2 105.8 206.9 247.4 164.6
24 150.4 189.7 110.6 206.3 242.1 169
25 154.6 193.8 115 205.5 235.8 174
26 159.4 198.3 120.3 205.4 230.1 179.8
27 165.1 203.6 126 206.5 226 186.3
28 171.4 210.1 132.1 209.1 224.3 193.4
29 178.3 217.6 138.5 213.3 225.1 201.2
30 187.3 227.3 146.6 219.1 228.3 209.5
31 193.9 235 151.8 226.3 233.8 218.5
32 205.8 248.1 162.3 234.8 241.1 228.2
33 216.7 260.3 171.6 244.4 249.9 238.7
34 229 274.4 181.9 255.2 260.2 250
35 243.5 290.8 194.2 267.2 271.8 262.4
36 257.8 307 206.3 280.5 284.8 275.9
37 273.2 325 218.5 295.2 299.4 290.7
38 292.2 346 234.9 311 316 307
39 310 367 249.4 329 334 324
40 333 393 268.7 348 354 342
41 350 413 281.4 368 377 360
42 378 445 305 390 401 379
43 400 472 322 414 429 398
44 425 504 343 439 459 418
45 456 542 368 466 493 440
46 485 576 390 497 530 464
47 520 618 418 531 570 492
48 560 665 452 570 615 524
49 601 714 485 612 664 560
50 652 774 530 658 717 599
51 688 818 557 707 774 640
52 746 883 608 758 833 682
53 793 940 645 810 896 724
54 846 1,001 691 864 962 766
55 898 1,063 736 922 1,033 811
56 959 1,131 789 985 1,109 862
57 1,020 1,200 841 1,055 1,191 921
58 1,097 1,284 911 1,136 1,281 993
59 1,171 1,367 976 1,227 1,379 1,077
60 1,277 1,475 1,077 1,327 1,484 1,173
61 1,347 1,550 1,137 1,433 1,592 1,277
62 1,462 1,666 1,248 1,542 1,703 1,386
63 1,560 1,764 1,342 1,653 1,815 1,496
64 1,666 1,866 1,445 1,763 1,925 1,607
65 1,777 1,974 1,561 1,874 2,035 1,720
66 1,857 2,059 1,639 1,987 2,144 1,839
67 1,965 2,164 1,743 2,107 2,255 1,968
68 2,085 2,270 1,860 2,235 2,367 2,111
69 2,191 2,364 1,960 2,369 2,479 2,268
70 2,320 2,476 2,118 2,507 2,588 2,434
71 2,388 2,542 2,198 2,642 2,689 2,603
72 2,511 2,645 2,357 2,766 2,776 2,763
73 2,591 2,710 2,470 2,872 2,845 2,906
74 2,674 2,763 2,599 2,954 2,891 3,023
75 2,745 2,800 2,717 3,007 2,909 3,109
76 2,809 2,820 2,833 3,028 2,897 3,162
77 2,847 2,817 2,919 3,019 2,855 3,181
78 2,904 2,815 3,039 2,979 2,784 3,168
79 2,916 2,773 3,104 2,907 2,685 3,122
80 2,866 2,879 2,908 2,807 2,562 3,045
81 2,851 2,804 2,945 2,680 2,417 2,935
82 2,809 2,699 2,959 2,527 2,253 2,794
83 2,739 2,568 2,946 2,350 2,070 2,623
84 2,642 2,411 2,906 2,150 1,871 2,422
85 2,521 2,232 2,837 1,930 1,657 2,196
86 2,377 2,036 2,739 1,696 1,434 1,951
87 2,212 1,827 2,613 1,458 1,212 1,698
88 2,032 1,612 2,461 1,225 999 1,446
89 1,839 1,397 2,286 1,007 804 1,206
90 1,640 1,188 2,092 811 632 987
91 1,440 990 1,884 640 486 792
92 1,242 808 1,668 495 366 623
93 1,053 645 1,451 375 269 479
94 877 503 1,238 276.4 192.7 360
95 716 383 1,036 198.4 134.1 262.5
96 573 284.1 848 138.1 90.4 185.8
97 449 205.6 680 93.2 59 127.4
98 344 144.9 532 60.8 37.3 84.5
99 257.5 99.4 406 38.5 22.8 54.3
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 Sierra Leone 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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