Life expectancy at age 15 in Botswana
Botswana: Life expectancy at age 15 was 79.91 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Botswana, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in Botswana is 79.91 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Botswana peaked at 79.91 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 57.18 years, in 2001.
Botswana ranks 188th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 62.2 years | 61.44 years | 63.07 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 64.36 years | 63.3 years | 65.43 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.9 years | 65.67 years | 68.04 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.45 years | 64.97 years | 68.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.32 years | 57.52 years | 63.91 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.29 years | 57.18 years | 62.66 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.73 years | 63.39 years | 70.6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.67 years | 66.33 years | 72.71 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 73.12 years | 72.79 years | 73.46 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 73.9 years | 73.54 years | 74.28 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 74.8 years | 74.36 years | 75.26 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 75.83 years | 75.36 years | 76.32 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 76.92 years | 76.42 years | 77.42 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 78.07 years | 77.55 years | 78.6 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 79.26 years | 78.73 years | 79.79 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 79.91 years | 79.91 years | 79.91 years | 1 |
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More health data for Botswana
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,150 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 281 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 26,800 (2025)
- Population, male 49.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 27,238 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 27,481 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 821,056 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 818,769 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Botswana?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Botswana was 79.91 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 79.91 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.18 years in 2001.
- How does Botswana rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Botswana ranks 188th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.