Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Botswana

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Botswana was 69.16 years. A difference of +0.41 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Botswana were 66.67 years and 71.7 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Botswana for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Botswana (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Botswana (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	51.22	49.18	53.12
1961	51.78	49.7	53.72
1962	52.31	50.24	54.23
1963	52.85	50.73	54.81
1964	53.36	51.19	55.37
1965	53.85	51.63	55.92
1966	54.36	52.04	56.49
1967	54.86	52.48	57.02
1968	55.37	52.94	57.55
1969	55.9	53.42	58.09
1970	56.45	53.94	58.62
1971	57.06	54.5	59.25
1972	57.67	55.08	59.86
1973	58.29	55.69	60.51
1974	58.91	56.32	61.18
1975	59.53	56.95	61.81
1976	60.21	57.61	62.56
1977	60.87	58.26	63.26
1978	61.49	58.85	63.95
1979	62.04	59.43	64.54
1980	62.53	59.89	65.12
1981	63.03	60.35	65.65
1982	63.38	60.65	66.08
1983	63.61	60.78	66.42
1984	63.71	60.8	66.62
1985	63.65	60.62	66.71
1986	63.36	60.27	66.51
1987	62.84	59.62	66.15
1988	61.7	58.42	65.1
1989	61.19	57.8	64.74
1990	60.1	56.66	63.73
1991	58.91	55.52	62.5
1992	58.19	55.23	61.26
1993	57.32	54.71	59.98
1994	55.97	53.3	58.73
1995	54.71	51.89	57.66
1996	54.28	51.95	56.66
1997	53.59	51.48	55.73
1998	52.97	51	54.95
1999	52.5	50.66	54.35
2000	52.26	50.5	54.02
2001	52.21	50.47	53.96
2002	52.37	50.59	54.17
2003	52.85	51.04	54.66
2004	53.57	51.76	55.38
2005	54.39	52.49	56.28
2006	55.11	53.47	56.71
2007	56.74	55.02	58.4
2008	57.66	55.89	59.38
2009	58.3	56.11	60.48
2010	59.14	56.79	61.49
2011	59.72	57.51	61.9
2012	60.38	58.31	62.42
2013	61.22	59.21	63.18
2014	62.17	60.2	64.09
2015	63.22	61.21	65.18
2016	64.32	62.23	66.39
2017	65.42	63.22	67.61
2018	66.37	64.06	68.7
2019	67.17	64.78	69.58
2020	67.64	65.04	70.36
2021	63.3	61.21	65.51
2022	68.75	66.29	71.25
2023	69.16	66.67	71.7