Born As · country file
If you were born in Botswana today
About 1 in 2,530 babies born in the world right now is born in Botswana (0.040%). This is what that life starts with — and you can live one, to the very end.
Life expectancy at birth69.6years · world 69.3
Children who die before five44per 1,000 births · world 48
Income per person$19,759a year, at local prices · world $13,616
Expected years of school12.6years · world 12.0
Life satisfaction3.5out of 10 · world 4.8
Live in cities74%world 52%
Mothers who die giving birth144per 100,000 births · world 239
Girls married before 186%world 22%
- Out of every 1,000 babies born here, about 44 will not live to see their fifth birthday.
- A life here lasts 69.6 years on average — about the same as the world's 69.3.
- Income per person is about $19,759 a year at local prices, 1.5 times the world's.
Be born — maybe hereWhere you are born is drawn by real birth odds: today, 0.040% of the time it is Botswana.
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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, UN IGME, World Bank, UNDP, World Happiness Report, WHO, UNICEF. Some small territories use regional estimates.