Life expectancy at birth in Africa was 51.4 years in 1992: 53.1 for women and 49.8 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 9,871,122 people died; 16.3% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

51.4

Women

53.1

Men

49.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

164.6

Deaths

9,871,122

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.5

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

382

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

316

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	98.34	114.58	53.1	49.8
1-4	18.57	19.45	57.5	54.7
5-9	5.53	5.58	57.8	54.9
10-14	3.25	3.27	54.3	51.4
15-19	3.76	4.14	50.2	47.2
20-24	4.60	5.93	46.1	43.1
25-29	5.43	6.49	42.1	39.4
30-34	6.26	7.23	38.2	35.6
35-39	7.29	8.53	34.3	31.8
40-44	8.41	10.42	30.5	28.1
45-49	9.84	13.10	26.7	24.4
50-54	12.88	17.34	22.9	20.9
55-59	17.33	22.96	19.3	17.6
60-64	25.89	32.88	15.8	14.4
65-69	39.70	47.94	12.6	11.5
70-74	62.18	72.57	9.8	9.0
75-79	95.45	109.07	7.5	6.8
80-84	145.38	164.49	5.6	5.1
85-89	212.77	240.72	4.2	3.8
90-94	300.84	334.21	3.1	2.9
95-99	406.09	439.44	2.4	2.2
100+	528.63	566.38	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 1992

Year

Country