Life Expectancy in Botswana vs South Africa (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

Botswana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	Botswana			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.4	102	102.5	103.4	103.1	103.5
99	101.5	101.1	101.6	102.5	102.3	102.6
98	100.6	100.2	100.7	101.7	101.5	101.7
97	99.8	99.3	99.9	100.8	100.7	100.9
96	98.9	98.4	99	100	99.9	100
95	98.1	97.6	98.2	99.2	99.1	99.2
94	97.3	96.7	97.4	98.4	98.3	98.4
93	96.4	95.9	96.6	97.6	97.5	97.7
92	95.6	95	95.8	96.9	96.7	96.9
91	94.9	94.2	95.1	96.1	96	96.2
90	94.1	93.4	94.3	95.4	95.2	95.5
89	93.3	92.6	93.6	94.7	94.4	94.8
88	92.6	91.8	92.9	94	93.7	94.1
87	91.8	91	92.2	93.3	92.9	93.4
86	91.1	90.3	91.5	92.6	92.2	92.7
85	90.4	89.6	90.9	91.9	91.5	92.1
84	89.7	88.8	90.2	91.3	90.8	91.5
83	89.1	88.1	89.6	90.6	90.1	90.9
82	88.4	87.5	89	90	89.4	90.3
81	87.8	86.8	88.4	89.4	88.7	89.7
80	87.2	86.1	87.8	88.8	88	89.1
79	86.6	85.5	87.2	88.1	87.4	88.5
78	86	84.9	86.7	87.5	86.7	88
77	85.4	84.4	86.1	86.9	86	87.4
76	84.9	83.8	85.6	86.3	85.3	86.9
75	84.3	83.3	85.1	85.7	84.7	86.4
74	83.8	82.7	84.6	85.2	84	85.9
73	83.3	82.2	84.2	84.6	83.4	85.4
72	82.8	81.7	83.7	84.1	82.8	84.9
71	82.4	81.2	83.3	83.6	82.2	84.5
70	81.9	80.7	82.9	83.1	81.7	84.1
69	81.5	80.2	82.5	82.6	81.1	83.6
68	81.1	79.8	82.2	82.1	80.5	83.2
67	80.7	79.4	81.8	81.6	80	82.8
66	80.3	79	81.5	81.2	79.4	82.4
65	79.9	78.6	81.2	80.7	78.9	82.1
64	79.6	78.2	80.8	80.3	78.4	81.7
63	79.2	77.8	80.5	79.9	77.9	81.4
62	78.9	77.4	80.3	79.4	77.4	81
61	78.6	77.1	80	79	76.9	80.7
60	78.3	76.8	79.7	78.7	76.5	80.4
59	78	76.5	79.5	78.3	76	80.1
58	77.8	76.2	79.3	77.9	75.6	79.8
57	77.5	75.9	79.1	77.5	75.2	79.5
56	77.3	75.6	78.9	77.2	74.8	79.2
55	77	75.3	78.7	76.9	74.4	78.9
54	76.8	75.1	78.5	76.5	74	78.7
53	76.6	74.8	78.3	76.2	73.6	78.4
52	76.4	74.6	78.1	75.9	73.3	78.2
51	76.2	74.4	77.9	75.6	72.9	77.9
50	76	74.2	77.8	75.3	72.6	77.7
49	75.8	74	77.6	75	72.2	77.4
48	75.7	73.8	77.5	74.7	71.9	77.2
47	75.5	73.6	77.4	74.4	71.6	77
46	75.3	73.4	77.2	74.2	71.3	76.7
45	75.2	73.2	77.1	73.9	71	76.5
44	75	73.1	77	73.6	70.7	76.3
43	74.9	72.9	76.9	73.4	70.4	76.1
42	74.8	72.8	76.7	73.1	70.2	75.8
41	74.6	72.6	76.6	72.9	69.9	75.6
40	74.5	72.5	76.5	72.6	69.7	75.4
39	74.4	72.3	76.4	72.4	69.4	75.2
38	74.3	72.2	76.3	72.2	69.2	75
37	74.2	72.1	76.3	72	68.9	74.8
36	74.1	72	76.2	71.8	68.7	74.6
35	74	71.9	76.1	71.6	68.5	74.5
34	73.9	71.8	76	71.4	68.3	74.3
33	73.8	71.6	75.9	71.2	68.1	74.1
32	73.7	71.5	75.9	71	67.9	73.9
31	73.6	71.4	75.8	70.8	67.7	73.8
30	73.5	71.3	75.7	70.6	67.5	73.6
29	73.4	71.2	75.7	70.4	67.3	73.5
28	73.4	71.2	75.6	70.3	67.1	73.3
27	73.3	71.1	75.5	70.1	66.9	73.2
26	73.2	71	75.5	70	66.8	73.1
25	73.1	70.9	75.4	69.9	66.6	73
24	73.1	70.8	75.3	69.7	66.5	72.9
23	73	70.7	75.3	69.6	66.3	72.8
22	72.9	70.6	75.2	69.5	66.2	72.7
21	72.8	70.5	75.2	69.4	66.1	72.6
20	72.8	70.4	75.1	69.3	66	72.6
19	72.7	70.3	75.1	69.2	65.9	72.5
18	72.6	70.3	75	69.2	65.8	72.4
17	72.6	70.2	75	69.1	65.7	72.4
16	72.5	70.1	74.9	69	65.7	72.3
15	72.5	70.1	74.9	69	65.6	72.3
14	72.5	70.1	74.9	68.9	65.6	72.3
13	72.4	70	74.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
12	72.4	70	74.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
11	72.3	69.9	74.8	68.9	65.5	72.2
10	72.3	69.9	74.8	68.8	65.4	72.2
9	72.3	69.9	74.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
8	72.2	69.8	74.7	68.8	65.4	72.1
7	72.2	69.8	74.6	68.8	65.4	72.1
6	72.1	69.7	74.6	68.7	65.3	72.1
5	72.1	69.7	74.5	68.7	65.3	72
4	72	69.6	74.5	68.6	65.2	72
3	71.9	69.5	74.3	68.5	65.1	71.9
2	71.7	69.3	74.2	68.4	64.9	71.8
1	71.5	69	73.9	68.1	64.7	71.5
0	69.6	67	72.2	66.7	63.1	70.2

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in Botswana can expect to live to 73.5 years compared to 70.6 in South Africa, rising to 79.9 and 80.7 at 65, and to 87.2 and 88.8 at 80 — higher than the 69.6 and 66.7 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in Botswana and South Africa.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

Botswana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	Botswana			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.59%	0.18%	0.98%	1.63%	1%	2.22%
99	0.85%	0.28%	1.39%	2.11%	1.28%	2.88%
98	1.2%	0.42%	1.93%	2.68%	1.62%	3.67%
97	1.65%	0.63%	2.61%	3.36%	2.02%	4.59%
96	2.23%	0.92%	3.47%	4.15%	2.5%	5.67%
95	2.95%	1.3%	4.51%	5.06%	3.06%	6.91%
94	3.83%	1.81%	5.76%	6.09%	3.7%	8.3%
93	4.89%	2.46%	7.23%	7.24%	4.43%	9.84%
92	6.14%	3.27%	8.91%	8.49%	5.25%	11.5%
91	7.59%	4.27%	10.8%	9.86%	6.16%	13.3%
90	9.24%	5.47%	12.9%	11.3%	7.18%	15.2%
89	11.1%	6.87%	15.2%	12.9%	8.29%	17.3%
88	13.1%	8.5%	17.7%	14.6%	9.51%	19.4%
87	15.4%	10.3%	20.3%	16.4%	10.8%	21.7%
86	17.8%	12.4%	23.1%	18.2%	12.2%	24%
85	20.3%	14.6%	25.9%	20.1%	13.7%	26.3%
84	22.9%	17%	28.9%	22.1%	15.2%	28.6%
83	25.7%	19.6%	31.8%	24%	16.8%	31%
82	28.5%	22.3%	34.8%	26%	18.5%	33.4%
81	31.4%	25.2%	37.7%	28.1%	20.2%	35.8%
80	34.2%	28%	40.7%	30.2%	22%	38.2%
79	37.2%	30.8%	43.8%	32.3%	23.9%	40.6%
78	40.1%	33.7%	46.8%	34.6%	25.9%	43%
77	42.9%	36.5%	49.7%	36.8%	28%	45.4%
76	45.8%	39.3%	52.6%	39%	30.1%	47.7%
75	48.5%	42.1%	55.3%	41.2%	32.3%	50%
74	51.2%	44.9%	57.9%	43.4%	34.4%	52.1%
73	53.8%	47.6%	60.4%	45.5%	36.6%	54.2%
72	56.3%	50.2%	62.7%	47.5%	38.7%	56.2%
71	58.7%	52.8%	64.9%	49.6%	40.8%	58.2%
70	61%	55.3%	67.1%	51.6%	42.9%	60%
69	63.2%	57.6%	69%	53.5%	45.1%	61.9%
68	65.3%	59.9%	70.9%	55.5%	47.2%	63.6%
67	67.3%	62.1%	72.6%	57.3%	49.3%	65.3%
66	69.1%	64.1%	74.2%	59.2%	51.4%	66.8%
65	70.9%	66.1%	75.8%	60.9%	53.4%	68.3%
64	72.6%	68%	77.2%	62.6%	55.4%	69.8%
63	74.1%	69.7%	78.6%	64.2%	57.3%	71.1%
62	75.6%	71.4%	79.8%	65.7%	59.1%	72.4%
61	76.9%	72.9%	81%	67.2%	60.9%	73.6%
60	78.2%	74.4%	82%	68.7%	62.6%	74.7%
59	79.4%	75.8%	83%	70%	64.3%	75.9%
58	80.4%	77.1%	83.9%	71.4%	65.9%	76.9%
57	81.5%	78.3%	84.7%	72.7%	67.5%	78%
56	82.4%	79.4%	85.5%	73.9%	69%	78.9%
55	83.3%	80.4%	86.3%	75.1%	70.5%	79.9%
54	84.2%	81.4%	86.9%	76.2%	71.9%	80.7%
53	84.9%	82.4%	87.6%	77.3%	73.2%	81.6%
52	85.7%	83.3%	88.2%	78.4%	74.5%	82.4%
51	86.4%	84.1%	88.7%	79.4%	75.7%	83.1%
50	87%	84.8%	89.3%	80.3%	76.9%	83.9%
49	87.6%	85.6%	89.7%	81.2%	78%	84.6%
48	88.2%	86.2%	90.2%	82.1%	79.1%	85.3%
47	88.7%	86.8%	90.6%	83%	80.1%	85.9%
46	89.2%	87.4%	91%	83.8%	81.1%	86.6%
45	89.6%	87.9%	91.4%	84.6%	82%	87.2%
44	90%	88.4%	91.7%	85.3%	82.9%	87.8%
43	90.4%	88.9%	92%	86%	83.7%	88.4%
42	90.8%	89.4%	92.3%	86.7%	84.5%	89%
41	91.2%	89.8%	92.6%	87.4%	85.3%	89.6%
40	91.5%	90.2%	92.9%	88.1%	86%	90.1%
39	91.8%	90.5%	93.1%	88.7%	86.7%	90.6%
38	92.1%	90.9%	93.3%	89.2%	87.4%	91.1%
37	92.4%	91.2%	93.6%	89.8%	88.1%	91.6%
36	92.6%	91.5%	93.8%	90.4%	88.7%	92%
35	92.9%	91.8%	94%	90.9%	89.3%	92.5%
34	93.1%	92%	94.1%	91.4%	89.9%	92.9%
33	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%	91.8%	90.4%	93.3%
32	93.5%	92.5%	94.5%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
31	93.7%	92.8%	94.6%	92.7%	91.5%	94%
30	93.9%	93%	94.8%	93.1%	91.9%	94.3%
29	94%	93.2%	94.9%	93.5%	92.4%	94.6%
28	94.2%	93.4%	95%	93.9%	92.8%	94.9%
27	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%	94.2%	93.2%	95.2%
26	94.5%	93.8%	95.3%	94.5%	93.6%	95.4%
25	94.7%	94%	95.4%	94.8%	94%	95.7%
24	94.8%	94.2%	95.5%	95.1%	94.3%	95.9%
23	95%	94.4%	95.6%	95.3%	94.6%	96%
22	95.1%	94.6%	95.7%	95.5%	94.9%	96.2%
21	95.3%	94.7%	95.8%	95.7%	95.1%	96.3%
20	95.4%	94.9%	95.9%	95.9%	95.4%	96.5%
19	95.5%	95%	96%	96.1%	95.6%	96.6%
18	95.6%	95.2%	96%	96.2%	95.7%	96.7%
17	95.7%	95.3%	96.1%	96.3%	95.9%	96.8%
16	95.8%	95.4%	96.2%	96.4%	96%	96.9%
15	95.9%	95.5%	96.2%	96.5%	96.1%	97%
14	95.9%	95.6%	96.3%	96.6%	96.2%	97%
13	96%	95.6%	96.3%	96.6%	96.2%	97.1%
12	96%	95.7%	96.4%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
11	96.1%	95.7%	96.4%	96.7%	96.3%	97.1%
10	96.1%	95.8%	96.5%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
9	96.2%	95.9%	96.5%	96.8%	96.4%	97.2%
8	96.3%	95.9%	96.6%	96.8%	96.5%	97.2%
7	96.3%	96%	96.6%	96.9%	96.5%	97.3%
6	96.4%	96.1%	96.7%	96.9%	96.6%	97.3%
5	96.5%	96.2%	96.8%	97%	96.7%	97.4%
4	96.6%	96.3%	96.9%	97.1%	96.8%	97.4%
3	96.8%	96.5%	97.1%	97.2%	96.9%	97.6%
2	97%	96.7%	97.3%	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%
1	97.3%	97.1%	97.6%	97.8%	97.6%	98.1%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 78.2% of newborns in Botswana and 68.7% in South Africa are expected to live past 60, 61% and 51.6% past 70, 34.2% and 30.2% past 80, and only 9.24% and 11.3% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

Botswana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	Botswana			South Africa
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	31.9%	37.8%	31%	23.6%	22.9%	23.9%
99	30.4%	36.2%	29.4%	22.5%	22%	22.8%
98	28.9%	34.5%	27.8%	21.3%	21%	21.5%
97	27.4%	32.9%	26.2%	20.2%	20%	20.2%
96	25.9%	31.2%	24.7%	19%	19.1%	19%
95	24.5%	29.6%	23.1%	18%	18.2%	17.9%
94	23%	28%	21.7%	16.9%	17.3%	16.8%
93	21.7%	26.4%	20.2%	15.9%	16.5%	15.6%
92	20.4%	24.9%	18.9%	14.8%	15.6%	14.5%
91	19.1%	23.4%	17.6%	13.8%	14.8%	13.5%
90	17.9%	21.9%	16.3%	13%	14.1%	12.6%
89	16.7%	20.5%	15.1%	12.3%	13.5%	11.8%
88	15.6%	19.1%	14%	11.5%	12.8%	11.1%
87	14.5%	17.8%	12.9%	10.8%	12.1%	10.3%
86	13.5%	16.5%	11.9%	10.1%	11.4%	9.6%
85	12.5%	15.3%	11%	9.43%	10.7%	8.88%
84	11.6%	14.2%	10.1%	8.78%	10%	8.21%
83	10.7%	13.1%	9.31%	8.21%	9.46%	7.62%
82	9.89%	12.1%	8.55%	7.71%	8.97%	7.1%
81	9.12%	11.2%	7.84%	7.3%	8.57%	6.66%
80	8.39%	10.3%	7.18%	6.96%	8.26%	6.28%
79	7.87%	9.03%	7.11%	6.67%	8%	5.94%
78	7.27%	8.39%	6.51%	6.37%	7.73%	5.61%
77	6.65%	7.75%	5.88%	6.06%	7.42%	5.26%
76	6.16%	7.19%	5.4%	5.71%	7.05%	4.89%
75	5.68%	6.67%	4.92%	5.35%	6.64%	4.53%
74	5.24%	6.17%	4.49%	4.98%	6.22%	4.17%
73	4.84%	5.7%	4.09%	4.64%	5.83%	3.85%
72	4.47%	5.27%	3.76%	4.34%	5.49%	3.57%
71	4.08%	4.82%	3.38%	4.09%	5.2%	3.33%
70	3.81%	4.48%	3.16%	3.87%	4.95%	3.12%
69	3.45%	4.1%	2.84%	3.67%	4.72%	2.92%
68	3.18%	3.79%	2.62%	3.48%	4.5%	2.74%
67	2.92%	3.49%	2.4%	3.28%	4.28%	2.55%
66	2.69%	3.21%	2.2%	3.08%	4.04%	2.37%
65	2.5%	2.99%	2.05%	2.88%	3.79%	2.19%
64	2.29%	2.74%	1.87%	2.68%	3.55%	2.03%
63	2.1%	2.53%	1.7%	2.5%	3.32%	1.88%
62	1.93%	2.33%	1.56%	2.34%	3.11%	1.75%
61	1.74%	2.12%	1.4%	2.2%	2.93%	1.65%
60	1.63%	1.98%	1.31%	2.08%	2.76%	1.55%
59	1.47%	1.8%	1.17%	1.98%	2.61%	1.47%
58	1.36%	1.66%	1.08%	1.88%	2.47%	1.39%
57	1.25%	1.53%	0.99%	1.78%	2.33%	1.32%
56	1.16%	1.42%	0.92%	1.68%	2.2%	1.24%
55	1.07%	1.32%	0.85%	1.58%	2.07%	1.16%
54	1%	1.23%	0.79%	1.49%	1.94%	1.09%
53	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%	1.4%	1.83%	1.02%
52	0.87%	1.06%	0.68%	1.32%	1.72%	0.96%
51	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%	1.25%	1.62%	0.91%
50	0.75%	0.91%	0.59%	1.19%	1.52%	0.87%
49	0.68%	0.83%	0.54%	1.13%	1.44%	0.84%
48	0.63%	0.77%	0.5%	1.08%	1.35%	0.8%
47	0.58%	0.71%	0.46%	1.03%	1.28%	0.78%
46	0.54%	0.66%	0.43%	0.98%	1.2%	0.75%
45	0.51%	0.61%	0.4%	0.93%	1.13%	0.73%
44	0.47%	0.57%	0.37%	0.88%	1.07%	0.7%
43	0.44%	0.53%	0.35%	0.84%	1.01%	0.68%
42	0.41%	0.49%	0.33%	0.8%	0.95%	0.65%
41	0.38%	0.46%	0.3%	0.76%	0.9%	0.63%
40	0.36%	0.43%	0.29%	0.73%	0.86%	0.6%
39	0.33%	0.4%	0.26%	0.69%	0.82%	0.57%
38	0.31%	0.38%	0.25%	0.66%	0.78%	0.54%
37	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	0.63%	0.74%	0.51%
36	0.27%	0.33%	0.22%	0.6%	0.71%	0.49%
35	0.26%	0.31%	0.2%	0.57%	0.67%	0.46%
34	0.24%	0.29%	0.19%	0.54%	0.64%	0.44%
33	0.23%	0.28%	0.18%	0.51%	0.61%	0.42%
32	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	0.49%	0.58%	0.4%
31	0.2%	0.25%	0.16%	0.46%	0.55%	0.38%
30	0.2%	0.24%	0.15%	0.44%	0.52%	0.36%
29	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%	0.41%	0.5%	0.33%
28	0.18%	0.22%	0.14%	0.39%	0.47%	0.31%
27	0.17%	0.21%	0.13%	0.36%	0.44%	0.28%
26	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
25	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
24	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%	0.28%	0.35%	0.2%
23	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.25%	0.32%	0.18%
22	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
21	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%	0.21%	0.26%	0.15%
20	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%	0.19%	0.23%	0.14%
19	0.12%	0.16%	0.09%	0.16%	0.2%	0.13%
18	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.14%	0.18%	0.11%
17	0.1%	0.12%	0.08%	0.12%	0.15%	0.1%
16	0.09%	0.11%	0.07%	0.11%	0.12%	0.09%
15	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
14	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
13	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%
12	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
11	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
10	0.05%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
9	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
8	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
7	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
6	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%
5	0.09%	0.1%	0.09%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
4	0.12%	0.13%	0.11%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
3	0.16%	0.17%	0.15%	0.15%	0.17%	0.12%
2	0.23%	0.24%	0.22%	0.22%	0.25%	0.2%
1	0.38%	0.39%	0.37%	0.35%	0.38%	0.32%
0	2.65%	2.93%	2.37%	2.19%	2.44%	1.93%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in Botswana compared to South Africa, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 2.65% in the birth year in Botswana and 2.19% in South Africa, 0.2% vs 0.44% at age 30, 1.63% vs 2.08% at 60, and 8.39% vs 6.96% at 80.

Death rate by age in Botswana vs South Africa

Chart Table

Botswana

Male

Female

South Africa

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	Botswana			South Africa
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	125	11.7	229.8	359	204.6	501
99	259.3	100.1	410	475	280.8	655
98	346	146	536	572	340	787
97	452	207.2	685	677	406	928
96	577	286.4	855	789	478	1,077
95	721	386	1,044	909	558	1,236
94	883	507	1,248	1,031	642	1,393
93	1,061	650	1,463	1,148	729	1,540
92	1,251	814	1,681	1,257	818	1,670
91	1,449	997	1,898	1,363	912	1,794
90	1,651	1,196	2,107	1,476	1,014	1,924
89	1,851	1,407	2,302	1,585	1,118	2,045
88	2,044	1,623	2,478	1,686	1,220	2,150
87	2,225	1,838	2,630	1,775	1,315	2,238
86	2,390	2,047	2,756	1,845	1,397	2,299
85	2,535	2,244	2,854	1,897	1,467	2,335
84	2,656	2,423	2,923	1,937	1,530	2,353
83	2,752	2,580	2,962	1,972	1,591	2,363
82	2,819	2,711	2,973	2,008	1,656	2,371
81	2,860	2,815	2,958	2,052	1,732	2,383
80	2,874	2,890	2,919	2,102	1,819	2,399
79	2,925	2,784	3,112	2,156	1,914	2,411
78	2,914	2,825	3,046	2,202	2,006	2,410
77	2,857	2,825	2,925	2,228	2,080	2,386
76	2,818	2,828	2,838	2,228	2,126	2,335
75	2,755	2,807	2,720	2,204	2,144	2,262
74	2,684	2,769	2,601	2,161	2,141	2,176
73	2,602	2,715	2,471	2,112	2,132	2,089
72	2,520	2,649	2,357	2,066	2,123	2,008
71	2,396	2,546	2,197	2,028	2,121	1,936
70	2,326	2,478	2,116	1,997	2,124	1,871
69	2,183	2,366	1,958	1,966	2,128	1,807
68	2,075	2,271	1,857	1,929	2,124	1,740
67	1,961	2,164	1,740	1,882	2,108	1,667
66	1,856	2,059	1,635	1,822	2,074	1,585
65	1,776	1,974	1,556	1,752	2,025	1,500
64	1,661	1,865	1,441	1,679	1,965	1,415
63	1,555	1,763	1,337	1,606	1,901	1,337
62	1,458	1,664	1,244	1,540	1,839	1,269
61	1,342	1,548	1,132	1,482	1,782	1,211
60	1,272	1,472	1,072	1,431	1,730	1,162
59	1,168	1,365	972	1,384	1,679	1,116
58	1,093	1,282	906	1,339	1,629	1,072
57	1,016	1,198	837	1,292	1,575	1,026
56	955	1,128	785	1,242	1,519	978
55	895	1,060	732	1,190	1,459	929
54	842	998	687	1,137	1,397	881
53	789	936	641	1,085	1,337	835
52	742	880	604	1,037	1,279	795
51	684	815	553	994	1,223	760
50	649	770	526	954	1,171	731
49	597	711	481	918	1,120	707
48	557	662	448	883	1,071	686
47	516	614	414	850	1,022	668
46	482	573	387	818	974	652
45	454	538	364	786	928	635
44	422	500	339	755	884	619
43	396	468	319	724	842	601
42	374	442	302	695	804	581
41	346	410	278.1	667	770	560
40	329	390	265.3	639	738	538
39	307	364	246.1	613	708	515
38	288.9	343	231.8	587	680	492
37	269.9	322	215.5	562	653	470
36	254.6	304	203.4	538	626	449
35	240.4	287.7	191.4	515	600	429
34	226.1	271.4	179.2	493	575	410
33	213.8	257.4	169	471	551	392
32	203	245.3	159.8	450	527	374
31	191.2	232.3	149.3	429	504	355
30	184.7	224.6	144.2	408	481	335
29	175.8	215	136.1	386	458	314
28	169	207.6	129.9	363	434	291.3
27	162.5	201.1	123.8	339	410	266.7
26	157.1	195.8	118.2	314	384	241.5
25	152.4	191.4	112.9	289.1	358	217.1
24	148.1	187.3	108.6	264.7	331	195.1
23	143.5	182.8	103.9	241.4	304	176
22	138.6	177.3	99.5	219.2	276.6	159.6
21	132.9	170	95.2	198.1	249	145.6
20	126.6	161.2	91.5	177.8	221.4	133.1
19	118.8	150.4	86.6	158	194.2	121.2
18	109.6	137.6	81.2	138.5	167.7	108.8
17	96.9	118.7	74.7	119.5	142.6	96
16	85	101.5	68.2	101.4	119.6	82.9
15	73.2	85.3	60.8	85	99.4	70.2
14	63.9	73.5	54.1	70.7	82.4	58.8
13	57.3	64.9	49.4	58.9	68.7	49
12	53.3	60.1	46.3	49.7	58.1	41.1
11	51.5	58	45	43	50.5	35.3
10	51.8	58	45.6	38.7	45.8	31.6
9	54.1	60.3	47.9	37	43.9	30
8	58.7	64.9	52.4	37.9	45.2	30.6
7	65.9	72.1	59.6	42.2	50.2	34.1
6	75.4	81.2	69.5	51.2	60.6	41.7
5	89.7	95.1	84.1	67.2	79	55.4
4	115.5	121.6	109.2	95.3	110.3	80
3	157.2	165.1	149	141.9	161.3	121.7
2	225.3	234.4	215.9	218.6	243.8	192.5
1	366	376	356	343	375	310
0	2,652	2,927	2,372	2,192	2,441	1,934

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In Botswana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 77 in South Africa. The median age of death is 74.4 in Botswana and 70.8 in South Africa, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of Botswana and South Africa more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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