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Life Expectancy in Botswana vs Zambia (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.6 years in Botswana vs 66.9 in Zambia. Botswana is ranked 141/197 by life expectancy, and Zambia is 161/197. In Botswana, the life expectancy is 67 years for males and 72.2 years for females. In Zambia, it's 64.4 years for males and 69.3 years for females.

Botswana vs Zambia life expectancy at birth by year chart

Botswana
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Botswana Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 46.2 44.2 48 46.8 45.7 47.9
1951 46.6 44.6 48.4 47.2 46.1 48.2
1952 47 45.1 48.9 47.6 46.5 48.6
1953 47.5 45.6 49.3 48 47 49
1954 48 46 49.8 48.4 47.4 49.4
1955 48.5 46.5 50.3 48.8 47.7 49.8
1956 49 47.1 50.8 49.1 48.1 50.2
1957 49.5 47.6 51.4 49.5 48.4 50.5
1958 50.1 48.1 51.9 49.9 48.8 51
1959 50.7 48.7 52.5 50.3 49.2 51.4
1960 51.2 49.2 53.1 50.6 49.6 51.7
1961 51.8 49.7 53.7 51 50 52.1
1962 52.3 50.2 54.2 51.3 50.3 52.4
1963 52.8 50.7 54.8 51.6 50.6 52.6
1964 53.4 51.2 55.4 51.2 49.9 52.5
1965 53.9 51.6 55.9 52.1 50.9 53.2
1966 54.4 52 56.5 52.3 51.1 53.4
1967 54.9 52.5 57 52.5 51.3 53.7
1968 55.4 52.9 57.5 52.7 51.5 53.9
1969 55.9 53.4 58.1 53 51.8 54.2
1970 56.4 53.9 58.6 53.4 52.2 54.6
1971 57.1 54.5 59.2 53.9 52.7 55.1
1972 57.7 55.1 59.9 54.4 53.1 55.6
1973 58.3 55.7 60.5 54.9 53.7 56.1
1974 58.9 56.3 61.2 55.4 54.2 56.6
1975 59.5 57 61.8 55.7 54.5 57
1976 60.2 57.6 62.6 56.1 54.8 57.4
1977 60.9 58.3 63.3 56.3 54.8 57.7
1978 61.5 58.9 63.9 56.3 54.9 57.8
1979 62 59.4 64.5 56 54.4 57.7
1980 62.5 59.9 65.1 55.5 53.8 57.1
1981 63 60.3 65.6 55 53.2 56.7
1982 63.4 60.7 66.1 54.4 52.5 56.1
1983 63.6 60.8 66.4 53.7 51.9 55.3
1984 63.7 60.8 66.6 52.9 51.1 54.6
1985 63.6 60.6 66.7 52 50.2 53.7
1986 63.4 60.3 66.5 51.1 49.5 52.8
1987 62.8 59.6 66.1 50.4 48.8 51.9
1988 61.7 58.4 65.1 49.7 48.2 51.1
1989 61.2 57.8 64.7 48.9 47.5 50.2
1990 60.1 56.7 63.7 48.2 46.9 49.4
1991 58.9 55.5 62.5 47.4 46.2 48.6
1992 58.2 55.2 61.3 47 45.7 48.1
1993 57.3 54.7 60 46.7 45.4 47.8
1994 56 53.3 58.7 46.3 45.2 47.4
1995 54.7 51.9 57.7 46.1 44.9 47.1
1996 54.3 52 56.7 45.8 44.7 46.7
1997 53.6 51.5 55.7 45.7 44.7 46.7
1998 53 51 55 45.7 44.8 46.5
1999 52.5 50.7 54.3 45.9 45.1 46.7
2000 52.3 50.5 54 46.6 45.8 47.3
2001 52.2 50.5 54 47.4 46.6 48.1
2002 52.4 50.6 54.2 48.5 47.7 49.1
2003 52.9 51 54.7 49.6 48.7 50.4
2004 53.6 51.8 55.4 50.5 49.9 51.1
2005 54.4 52.5 56.3 51.6 51 52.1
2006 55.1 53.5 56.7 52.7 51.9 53.3
2007 56.7 55 58.4 53.7 52.9 54.5
2008 57.7 55.9 59.4 54.8 53.7 55.9
2009 58.3 56.1 60.5 55.9 54.7 56.9
2010 59.1 56.8 61.5 56.9 55.5 58.2
2011 59.7 57.5 61.9 57.8 56.2 59.4
2012 60.4 58.3 62.4 58.7 57 60.3
2013 61.2 59.2 63.2 59.4 57.6 61.2
2014 62.2 60.2 64.1 60.1 58.1 62
2015 63.2 61.2 65.2 60.7 58.5 62.8
2016 64.3 62.2 66.4 61.1 58.9 63.3
2017 65.4 63.2 67.6 61.6 59.2 63.9
2018 66.4 64.1 68.7 62.1 59.7 64.5
2019 67.2 64.8 69.6 62.9 60.3 65.4
2020 67.6 65 70.4 63.4 60.7 66
2021 63.3 61.2 65.5 62.4 59.8 64.9
2022 68.7 66.3 71.2 65.3 62.8 67.7
2023 69.2 66.7 71.7 66.3 63.9 68.7
2024 69.3 66.8 71.9 66.5 64.1 68.9
2025 69.4 66.9 72 66.7 64.3 69.1
2026 69.6 67 72.2 66.9 64.4 69.3

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 in Zambia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 10.8 healthy years in Botswana and 11.3 in Zambia.

Botswana vs Zambia 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 Zambia, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
43.5 vs 41.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.5 vs 71.9 years

Median expected age of death:
75.6 vs 74.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Botswana Zambia
Male Female Male Female
40 96.9% 98.0% 96.7% 98.0%
50 91.2% 94.2% 90.8% 94.2%
60 80.0% 86.6% 79.7% 86.5%
65 71.1% 80.0% 70.9% 79.7%
70 59.4% 70.8% 58.6% 69.2%
75 45.3% 58.4% 41.5% 53.0%
80 30.2% 42.9% 23.1% 33.2%
85 15.7% 27.4% 9.3% 15.8%
90 5.9% 13.6% 2.5% 5.3%
95 1.4% 4.8% 0.4% 1.1%
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 Zambia: 73.5 years vs 71.9 at 30, 79.9 vs 77.9 at 65, 87.2 vs 85.3 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.6 vs 66.9 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 Zambia.

Botswana
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Botswana Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.6 67 72.2 66.9 64.4 69.3
1 71.5 69 73.9 69.4 67.1 71.5
2 71.7 69.3 74.2 69.7 67.5 71.9
3 71.9 69.5 74.3 70 67.8 72.1
4 72 69.6 74.5 70.1 68 72.2
5 72.1 69.7 74.5 70.3 68.1 72.3
6 72.1 69.7 74.6 70.3 68.2 72.4
7 72.2 69.8 74.6 70.4 68.3 72.5
8 72.2 69.8 74.7 70.5 68.4 72.5
9 72.3 69.9 74.7 70.5 68.4 72.6
10 72.3 69.9 74.8 70.6 68.5 72.6
11 72.3 69.9 74.8 70.6 68.5 72.6
12 72.4 70 74.8 70.7 68.6 72.7
13 72.4 70 74.8 70.7 68.6 72.7
14 72.5 70.1 74.9 70.8 68.7 72.7
15 72.5 70.1 74.9 70.8 68.7 72.8
16 72.5 70.1 74.9 70.9 68.8 72.8
17 72.6 70.2 75 70.9 68.8 72.9
18 72.6 70.3 75 71 68.9 72.9
19 72.7 70.3 75.1 71 69 73
20 72.8 70.4 75.1 71.1 69.1 73
21 72.8 70.5 75.2 71.2 69.2 73.1
22 72.9 70.6 75.2 71.3 69.3 73.2
23 73 70.7 75.3 71.4 69.4 73.2
24 73.1 70.8 75.3 71.4 69.5 73.3
25 73.1 70.9 75.4 71.5 69.6 73.3
26 73.2 71 75.5 71.6 69.7 73.4
27 73.3 71.1 75.5 71.7 69.8 73.5
28 73.4 71.2 75.6 71.8 69.9 73.5
29 73.4 71.2 75.7 71.9 70 73.6
30 73.5 71.3 75.7 71.9 70.1 73.6
31 73.6 71.4 75.8 72 70.2 73.7
32 73.7 71.5 75.9 72.1 70.3 73.8
33 73.8 71.6 75.9 72.2 70.4 73.8
34 73.9 71.8 76 72.3 70.5 73.9
35 74 71.9 76.1 72.4 70.7 74
36 74.1 72 76.2 72.5 70.8 74.1
37 74.2 72.1 76.3 72.6 70.9 74.2
38 74.3 72.2 76.3 72.7 71 74.2
39 74.4 72.3 76.4 72.8 71.2 74.3
40 74.5 72.5 76.5 72.9 71.3 74.4
41 74.6 72.6 76.6 73.1 71.4 74.5
42 74.8 72.8 76.7 73.2 71.6 74.6
43 74.9 72.9 76.9 73.3 71.7 74.7
44 75 73.1 77 73.5 71.9 74.8
45 75.2 73.2 77.1 73.6 72.1 74.9
46 75.3 73.4 77.2 73.7 72.2 75.1
47 75.5 73.6 77.4 73.9 72.4 75.2
48 75.7 73.8 77.5 74 72.6 75.3
49 75.8 74 77.6 74.2 72.8 75.4
50 76 74.2 77.8 74.4 73 75.6
51 76.2 74.4 77.9 74.6 73.2 75.7
52 76.4 74.6 78.1 74.7 73.4 75.9
53 76.6 74.8 78.3 74.9 73.6 76
54 76.8 75.1 78.5 75.1 73.9 76.2
55 77 75.3 78.7 75.3 74.1 76.4
56 77.3 75.6 78.9 75.6 74.3 76.6
57 77.5 75.9 79.1 75.8 74.6 76.7
58 77.8 76.2 79.3 76 74.9 76.9
59 78 76.5 79.5 76.2 75.1 77.1
60 78.3 76.8 79.7 76.5 75.4 77.4
61 78.6 77.1 80 76.8 75.7 77.6
62 78.9 77.4 80.3 77 76 77.8
63 79.2 77.8 80.5 77.3 76.3 78.1
64 79.6 78.2 80.8 77.6 76.6 78.3
65 79.9 78.6 81.2 77.9 77 78.6
66 80.3 79 81.5 78.2 77.3 78.9
67 80.7 79.4 81.8 78.6 77.7 79.2
68 81.1 79.8 82.2 78.9 78.1 79.5
69 81.5 80.2 82.5 79.3 78.5 79.9
70 81.9 80.7 82.9 79.7 79 80.3
71 82.4 81.2 83.3 80.2 79.4 80.7
72 82.8 81.7 83.7 80.6 79.9 81.1
73 83.3 82.2 84.2 81.1 80.5 81.6
74 83.8 82.7 84.6 81.7 81 82.1
75 84.3 83.3 85.1 82.2 81.6 82.6
76 84.9 83.8 85.6 82.8 82.2 83.2
77 85.4 84.4 86.1 83.4 82.8 83.7
78 86 84.9 86.7 84 83.5 84.3
79 86.6 85.5 87.2 84.7 84.1 85
80 87.2 86.1 87.8 85.3 84.8 85.6
81 87.8 86.8 88.4 86 85.6 86.3
82 88.4 87.5 89 86.8 86.3 87
83 89.1 88.1 89.6 87.5 87.1 87.7
84 89.7 88.8 90.2 88.3 87.9 88.4
85 90.4 89.6 90.9 89 88.7 89.2
86 91.1 90.3 91.5 89.8 89.5 90
87 91.8 91 92.2 90.6 90.3 90.8
88 92.6 91.8 92.9 91.4 91.1 91.6
89 93.3 92.6 93.6 92.2 92 92.4
90 94.1 93.4 94.3 93.1 92.8 93.2
91 94.9 94.2 95.1 93.9 93.7 94
92 95.6 95 95.8 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 96.4 95.9 96.6 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 97.3 96.7 97.4 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 98.1 97.6 98.2 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.9 98.4 99 98.3 98.1 98.3
97 99.8 99.3 99.9 99.2 99 99.2
98 100.6 100.2 100.7 100.1 99.9 100.1
99 101.5 101.1 101.6 101 100.9 101
100 102.4 102 102.5 101.9 101.8 102

Odds of living to age in Botswana vs Zambia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 78.2% in Botswana and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 61% and 59% will live to 70 years or older, 34.2% and 26.3% to 80+ years, and 9.24% and 3.69% 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
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Botswana Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.3% 97.1% 97.6% 96.4% 96% 96.9%
2 97% 96.7% 97.3% 95.9% 95.4% 96.4%
3 96.8% 96.5% 97.1% 95.5% 95% 96.1%
4 96.6% 96.3% 96.9% 95.3% 94.7% 95.9%
5 96.5% 96.2% 96.8% 95.1% 94.5% 95.7%
6 96.4% 96.1% 96.7% 95% 94.4% 95.6%
7 96.3% 96% 96.6% 94.9% 94.2% 95.5%
8 96.3% 95.9% 96.6% 94.8% 94.1% 95.5%
9 96.2% 95.9% 96.5% 94.7% 94.1% 95.4%
10 96.1% 95.8% 96.5% 94.6% 94% 95.3%
11 96.1% 95.7% 96.4% 94.6% 93.9% 95.3%
12 96% 95.7% 96.4% 94.5% 93.8% 95.2%
13 96% 95.6% 96.3% 94.4% 93.7% 95.2%
14 95.9% 95.6% 96.3% 94.4% 93.6% 95.1%
15 95.9% 95.5% 96.2% 94.3% 93.6% 95%
16 95.8% 95.4% 96.2% 94.2% 93.4% 95%
17 95.7% 95.3% 96.1% 94.1% 93.3% 94.9%
18 95.6% 95.2% 96% 94% 93.2% 94.8%
19 95.5% 95% 96% 93.9% 93% 94.7%
20 95.4% 94.9% 95.9% 93.7% 92.9% 94.6%
21 95.3% 94.7% 95.8% 93.6% 92.7% 94.5%
22 95.1% 94.6% 95.7% 93.4% 92.5% 94.4%
23 95% 94.4% 95.6% 93.3% 92.3% 94.3%
24 94.8% 94.2% 95.5% 93.1% 92.1% 94.2%
25 94.7% 94% 95.4% 93% 91.9% 94.1%
26 94.5% 93.8% 95.3% 92.8% 91.7% 93.9%
27 94.4% 93.6% 95.1% 92.6% 91.4% 93.8%
28 94.2% 93.4% 95% 92.5% 91.2% 93.7%
29 94% 93.2% 94.9% 92.3% 91% 93.6%
30 93.9% 93% 94.8% 92.1% 90.8% 93.4%
31 93.7% 92.8% 94.6% 91.9% 90.5% 93.3%
32 93.5% 92.5% 94.5% 91.7% 90.3% 93.1%
33 93.3% 92.3% 94.3% 91.5% 90% 93%
34 93.1% 92% 94.1% 91.3% 89.7% 92.8%
35 92.9% 91.8% 94% 91% 89.4% 92.6%
36 92.6% 91.5% 93.8% 90.8% 89.1% 92.4%
37 92.4% 91.2% 93.6% 90.5% 88.8% 92.2%
38 92.1% 90.9% 93.3% 90.2% 88.5% 92%
39 91.8% 90.5% 93.1% 89.9% 88.1% 91.8%
40 91.5% 90.2% 92.9% 89.6% 87.7% 91.5%
41 91.2% 89.8% 92.6% 89.3% 87.3% 91.3%
42 90.8% 89.4% 92.3% 88.9% 86.9% 91%
43 90.4% 88.9% 92% 88.6% 86.5% 90.7%
44 90% 88.4% 91.7% 88.2% 86% 90.4%
45 89.6% 87.9% 91.4% 87.8% 85.5% 90.1%
46 89.2% 87.4% 91% 87.3% 84.9% 89.7%
47 88.7% 86.8% 90.6% 86.8% 84.4% 89.3%
48 88.2% 86.2% 90.2% 86.3% 83.8% 88.9%
49 87.6% 85.6% 89.7% 85.8% 83.1% 88.5%
50 87% 84.8% 89.3% 85.2% 82.4% 88%
51 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 84.5% 81.6% 87.5%
52 85.7% 83.3% 88.2% 83.9% 80.8% 87%
53 84.9% 82.4% 87.6% 83.1% 80% 86.4%
54 84.2% 81.4% 86.9% 82.4% 79.1% 85.7%
55 83.3% 80.4% 86.3% 81.5% 78.1% 85.1%
56 82.4% 79.4% 85.5% 80.7% 77.1% 84.3%
57 81.5% 78.3% 84.7% 79.7% 76% 83.6%
58 80.4% 77.1% 83.9% 78.8% 74.9% 82.7%
59 79.4% 75.8% 83% 77.7% 73.6% 81.8%
60 78.2% 74.4% 82% 76.5% 72.3% 80.8%
61 76.9% 72.9% 81% 75.3% 70.9% 79.7%
62 75.6% 71.4% 79.8% 74% 69.5% 78.6%
63 74.1% 69.7% 78.6% 72.6% 67.9% 77.3%
64 72.6% 68% 77.2% 71.1% 66.2% 76%
65 70.9% 66.1% 75.8% 69.4% 64.4% 74.5%
66 69.1% 64.1% 74.2% 67.7% 62.5% 72.9%
67 67.3% 62.1% 72.6% 65.8% 60.4% 71.1%
68 65.3% 59.9% 70.9% 63.7% 58.2% 69.2%
69 63.2% 57.6% 69% 61.4% 55.7% 67%
70 61% 55.3% 67.1% 59% 53.1% 64.7%
71 58.7% 52.8% 64.9% 56.3% 50.3% 62%
72 56.3% 50.2% 62.7% 53.4% 47.4% 59.2%
73 53.8% 47.6% 60.4% 50.4% 44.2% 56.2%
74 51.2% 44.9% 57.9% 47.2% 41% 52.9%
75 48.5% 42.1% 55.3% 43.8% 37.7% 49.5%
76 45.8% 39.3% 52.6% 40.3% 34.2% 45.9%
77 42.9% 36.5% 49.7% 36.8% 30.8% 42.3%
78 40.1% 33.7% 46.8% 33.3% 27.5% 38.5%
79 37.2% 30.8% 43.8% 29.7% 24.2% 34.8%
80 34.2% 28% 40.7% 26.3% 21% 31%
81 31.4% 25.2% 37.7% 22.9% 17.9% 27.4%
82 28.5% 22.3% 34.8% 19.8% 15.2% 23.9%
83 25.7% 19.6% 31.8% 16.9% 12.7% 20.7%
84 22.9% 17% 28.9% 14.2% 10.4% 17.6%
85 20.3% 14.6% 25.9% 11.8% 8.4% 14.8%
86 17.8% 12.4% 23.1% 9.63% 6.69% 12.2%
87 15.4% 10.3% 20.3% 7.76% 5.24% 9.97%
88 13.1% 8.5% 17.7% 6.15% 4.04% 8.02%
89 11.1% 6.87% 15.2% 4.8% 3.06% 6.34%
90 9.24% 5.47% 12.9% 3.69% 2.28% 4.93%
91 7.59% 4.27% 10.8% 2.77% 1.66% 3.76%
92 6.14% 3.27% 8.91% 2.06% 1.19% 2.82%
93 4.89% 2.46% 7.23% 1.49% 0.84% 2.07%
94 3.83% 1.81% 5.76% 1.06% 0.57% 1.49%
95 2.95% 1.3% 4.51% 0.74% 0.39% 1.05%
96 2.23% 0.92% 3.47% 0.5% 0.25% 0.72%
97 1.65% 0.63% 2.61% 0.33% 0.16% 0.48%
98 1.2% 0.42% 1.93% 0.21% 0.1% 0.32%
99 0.85% 0.28% 1.39% 0.14% 0.06% 0.2%
100 0.59% 0.18% 0.98% 0.08% 0.04% 0.13%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.65% in the birth year in Botswana and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.2% vs 0.21% at age 30, 1.63% vs 1.62% at 60, and 8.39% vs 12.8% at 80.

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

Botswana
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Botswana Zambia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.65% 2.93% 2.37% 3.57% 4% 3.15%
1 0.38% 0.39% 0.37% 0.58% 0.66% 0.49%
2 0.23% 0.24% 0.22% 0.35% 0.41% 0.3%
3 0.16% 0.17% 0.15% 0.24% 0.28% 0.21%
4 0.12% 0.13% 0.11% 0.18% 0.2% 0.15%
5 0.09% 0.1% 0.09% 0.14% 0.16% 0.12%
6 0.08% 0.08% 0.07% 0.11% 0.13% 0.1%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.1% 0.11% 0.08%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.09% 0.1% 0.07%
9 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
12 0.06% 0.06% 0.05% 0.07% 0.09% 0.06%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.06% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
15 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.09% 0.11% 0.08%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.11% 0.13% 0.08%
17 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.12% 0.15% 0.09%
18 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.13% 0.17% 0.1%
19 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.14% 0.18% 0.1%
20 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.15% 0.2% 0.11%
21 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.16% 0.21% 0.11%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
23 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.17% 0.22% 0.12%
24 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.18% 0.23% 0.12%
25 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
26 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.18% 0.24% 0.13%
27 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
28 0.18% 0.22% 0.14% 0.2% 0.25% 0.14%
29 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.2% 0.26% 0.15%
30 0.2% 0.24% 0.15% 0.21% 0.27% 0.16%
31 0.2% 0.25% 0.16% 0.22% 0.28% 0.16%
32 0.22% 0.27% 0.17% 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
33 0.23% 0.28% 0.18% 0.24% 0.31% 0.18%
34 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.26% 0.32% 0.19%
35 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.27% 0.34% 0.2%
36 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.29% 0.36% 0.22%
37 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.3% 0.38% 0.23%
38 0.31% 0.38% 0.25% 0.33% 0.41% 0.25%
39 0.33% 0.4% 0.26% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
40 0.36% 0.43% 0.29% 0.37% 0.46% 0.28%
41 0.38% 0.46% 0.3% 0.39% 0.48% 0.3%
42 0.41% 0.49% 0.33% 0.42% 0.52% 0.32%
43 0.44% 0.53% 0.35% 0.45% 0.55% 0.34%
44 0.47% 0.57% 0.37% 0.48% 0.59% 0.37%
45 0.51% 0.61% 0.4% 0.51% 0.63% 0.39%
46 0.54% 0.66% 0.43% 0.55% 0.67% 0.42%
47 0.58% 0.71% 0.46% 0.59% 0.72% 0.45%
48 0.63% 0.77% 0.5% 0.63% 0.78% 0.49%
49 0.68% 0.83% 0.54% 0.68% 0.84% 0.53%
50 0.75% 0.91% 0.59% 0.75% 0.92% 0.59%
51 0.79% 0.97% 0.62% 0.79% 0.97% 0.62%
52 0.87% 1.06% 0.68% 0.87% 1.06% 0.69%
53 0.93% 1.14% 0.73% 0.93% 1.14% 0.73%
54 1% 1.23% 0.79% 1% 1.22% 0.8%
55 1.07% 1.32% 0.85% 1.07% 1.31% 0.86%
56 1.16% 1.42% 0.92% 1.15% 1.4% 0.93%
57 1.25% 1.53% 0.99% 1.24% 1.51% 1%
58 1.36% 1.66% 1.08% 1.35% 1.64% 1.1%
59 1.47% 1.8% 1.17% 1.46% 1.77% 1.2%
60 1.63% 1.98% 1.31% 1.62% 1.95% 1.35%
61 1.74% 2.12% 1.4% 1.74% 2.08% 1.44%
62 1.93% 2.33% 1.56% 1.92% 2.29% 1.61%
63 2.1% 2.53% 1.7% 2.09% 2.49% 1.77%
64 2.29% 2.74% 1.87% 2.28% 2.7% 1.94%
65 2.5% 2.99% 2.05% 2.5% 2.94% 2.14%
66 2.69% 3.21% 2.2% 2.8% 3.3% 2.41%
67 2.92% 3.49% 2.4% 3.16% 3.71% 2.73%
68 3.18% 3.79% 2.62% 3.57% 4.18% 3.12%
69 3.45% 4.1% 2.84% 4% 4.67% 3.51%
70 3.81% 4.48% 3.16% 4.59% 5.31% 4.08%
71 4.08% 4.82% 3.38% 5.04% 5.84% 4.49%
72 4.47% 5.27% 3.76% 5.74% 6.61% 5.16%
73 4.84% 5.7% 4.09% 6.39% 7.34% 5.77%
74 5.24% 6.17% 4.49% 7.12% 8.15% 6.47%
75 5.68% 6.67% 4.92% 7.93% 9.05% 7.24%
76 6.16% 7.19% 5.4% 8.72% 9.95% 7.99%
77 6.65% 7.75% 5.88% 9.59% 10.9% 8.8%
78 7.27% 8.39% 6.51% 10.6% 12.1% 9.8%
79 7.87% 9.03% 7.11% 11.6% 13.2% 10.7%
80 8.39% 10.3% 7.18% 12.8% 14.5% 11.9%
81 9.12% 11.2% 7.84% 13.5% 15.3% 12.5%
82 9.89% 12.1% 8.55% 14.8% 16.7% 13.7%
83 10.7% 13.1% 9.31% 15.9% 17.8% 14.8%
84 11.6% 14.2% 10.1% 17.1% 19.2% 16.1%
85 12.5% 15.3% 11% 18.3% 20.4% 17.2%
86 13.5% 16.5% 11.9% 19.4% 21.6% 18.4%
87 14.5% 17.8% 12.9% 20.7% 22.9% 19.6%
88 15.6% 19.1% 14% 22% 24.3% 20.9%
89 16.7% 20.5% 15.1% 23.2% 25.6% 22.1%
90 17.9% 21.9% 16.3% 24.9% 27.2% 23.9%
91 19.1% 23.4% 17.6% 25.8% 28.2% 24.9%
92 20.4% 24.9% 18.9% 27.5% 29.8% 26.6%
93 21.7% 26.4% 20.2% 28.9% 31.3% 28.1%
94 23% 28% 21.7% 30.5% 32.8% 29.7%
95 24.5% 29.6% 23.1% 32.2% 34.6% 31.4%
96 25.9% 31.2% 24.7% 33.7% 36.1% 32.9%
97 27.4% 32.9% 26.2% 35.2% 37.4% 34.4%
98 28.9% 34.5% 27.8% 36.6% 38.7% 35.9%
99 30.4% 36.2% 29.4% 38.3% 40.4% 37.6%
100 31.9% 37.8% 31% 39.7% 41.8% 39.1%

Death rate by age in Botswana compared to Zambia

In Botswana, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 74.4 in Botswana and 73.1 in Zambia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Botswana
Male

Female
Zambia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Botswana Zambia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,652 2,927 2,372 3,575 4,001 3,149
1 366 376 356 555 635 473
2 225.3 234.4 215.9 337 387 285.6
3 157.2 165.1 149 233.1 267.5 198.2
4 115.5 121.6 109.2 168.3 191.1 145.2
5 89.7 95.1 84.1 129.5 146.6 112.1
6 75.4 81.2 69.5 107.4 122.3 92.3
7 65.9 72.1 59.6 91.9 105.4 78.2
8 58.7 64.9 52.4 80.8 93.2 68.2
9 54.1 60.3 47.9 73.6 85.2 61.8
10 51.8 58 45.6 69.5 80.4 58.5
11 51.5 58 45 67.9 78.3 57.4
12 53.3 60.1 46.3 69.1 79.8 58.4
13 57.3 64.9 49.4 72.9 84.4 61.3
14 63.9 73.5 54.1 79.5 92.7 66.2
15 73.2 85.3 60.8 88.5 103.9 72.8
16 85 101.5 68.2 100.4 120 80.7
17 96.9 118.7 74.7 111.9 136.8 86.8
18 109.6 137.6 81.2 124 154.6 93.1
19 118.8 150.4 86.6 133.6 168.9 97.9
20 126.6 161.2 91.5 141.8 181.3 102
21 132.9 170 95.2 148.7 191.6 105.5
22 138.6 177.3 99.5 154.4 199.7 108.8
23 143.5 182.8 103.9 159 205.5 112.3
24 148.1 187.3 108.6 163.1 209.9 116
25 152.4 191.4 112.9 166.5 213.3 119.4
26 157.1 195.8 118.2 170.6 217.3 123.5
27 162.5 201.1 123.8 175.1 221.9 128
28 169 207.6 129.9 180.9 228 133.4
29 175.8 215 136.1 186.9 234.8 138.4
30 184.7 224.6 144.2 195.5 244.5 146
31 191.2 232.3 149.3 201.3 251.6 150.3
32 203 245.3 159.8 212.8 265 159.9
33 213.8 257.4 169 223 276.8 168.3
34 226.1 271.4 179.2 234.4 290 177.5
35 240.4 287.7 191.4 248 306 188.3
36 254.6 304 203.4 261.5 322 199.7
37 269.9 322 215.5 275.8 339 211.1
38 288.9 343 231.8 294.2 359 227
39 307 364 246.1 311 378 240.8
40 329 390 265.3 334 404 260
41 346 410 278.1 348 421 271.8
42 374 442 302 376 452 295.7
43 396 468 319 396 476 312
44 422 500 339 421 505 331
45 454 538 364 450 540 355
46 482 573 387 476 570 377
47 516 614 414 509 609 403
48 557 662 448 548 654 437
49 597 711 481 587 699 470
50 649 770 526 639 756 516
51 684 815 553 672 796 543
52 742 880 604 729 858 597
53 789 936 641 773 909 635
54 842 998 687 824 966 682
55 895 1,060 732 874 1,020 728
56 955 1,128 785 932 1,083 782
57 1,016 1,198 837 989 1,145 835
58 1,093 1,282 906 1,064 1,225 909
59 1,168 1,365 972 1,137 1,304 978
60 1,272 1,472 1,072 1,243 1,409 1,088
61 1,342 1,548 1,132 1,307 1,479 1,148
62 1,458 1,664 1,244 1,424 1,593 1,268
63 1,555 1,763 1,337 1,520 1,690 1,367
64 1,661 1,865 1,441 1,623 1,790 1,476
65 1,776 1,974 1,556 1,736 1,896 1,598
66 1,856 2,059 1,635 1,894 2,059 1,755
67 1,961 2,164 1,740 2,079 2,244 1,945
68 2,075 2,271 1,857 2,277 2,432 2,158
69 2,183 2,366 1,958 2,458 2,605 2,352
70 2,326 2,478 2,116 2,709 2,822 2,641
71 2,396 2,546 2,197 2,837 2,940 2,783
72 2,520 2,649 2,357 3,069 3,132 3,057
73 2,602 2,715 2,471 3,219 3,248 3,241
74 2,684 2,769 2,601 3,359 3,344 3,423
75 2,755 2,807 2,720 3,474 3,408 3,586
76 2,818 2,828 2,838 3,518 3,408 3,670
77 2,857 2,825 2,925 3,530 3,372 3,721
78 2,914 2,825 3,046 3,543 3,315 3,780
79 2,925 2,784 3,112 3,452 3,177 3,724
80 2,874 2,890 2,919 3,368 3,043 3,680
81 2,860 2,815 2,958 3,095 2,752 3,419
82 2,819 2,711 2,973 2,926 2,529 3,293
83 2,752 2,580 2,962 2,677 2,256 3,061
84 2,656 2,423 2,923 2,432 1,993 2,828
85 2,535 2,244 2,854 2,151 1,711 2,544
86 2,390 2,047 2,756 1,873 1,448 2,249
87 2,225 1,838 2,630 1,602 1,201 1,955
88 2,044 1,623 2,478 1,353 982 1,679
89 1,851 1,407 2,302 1,113 782 1,403
90 1,651 1,196 2,107 917 619 1,180
91 1,449 997 1,898 715 468 933
92 1,251 814 1,681 565 355 750
93 1,061 650 1,463 431 261.6 581
94 883 507 1,248 323 188.7 442
95 721 386 1,044 237.3 133.6 329
96 577 286.4 855 168.4 91.1 236.9
97 452 207.2 685 116.4 60.5 166.2
98 346 146 536 78.4 39.1 113.5
99 259.3 100.1 410 52.1 25 76.3
100 125 11.7 229.8 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 Zambia 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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