Life expectancy at birth in Africa was 51.8 years in 1993: 53.6 for women and 50.1 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 9,899,657 people died; 16.5% of them were 65 or older and 44.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

53.6

Men

50.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

159.5

Deaths

9,899,657

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

383

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

315

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	95.37	111.50	53.6	50.1
1-4	17.70	18.65	57.8	54.9
5-9	5.32	5.42	57.9	55.0
10-14	3.14	3.19	54.4	51.4
15-19	3.72	4.14	50.3	47.2
20-24	4.59	6.00	46.2	43.1
25-29	5.45	6.60	42.2	39.4
30-34	6.27	7.33	38.3	35.6
35-39	7.31	8.63	34.4	31.8
40-44	8.42	10.48	30.6	28.1
45-49	9.81	13.11	26.8	24.5
50-54	12.84	17.32	23.0	21.0
55-59	17.23	22.86	19.4	17.7
60-64	25.66	32.65	15.9	14.5
65-69	39.23	47.48	12.7	11.6
70-74	61.37	71.74	9.9	9.1
75-79	93.76	107.66	7.6	6.9
80-84	142.85	162.04	5.7	5.2
85-89	209.15	236.83	4.2	3.8
90-94	296.22	329.36	3.2	2.9
95-99	401.11	435.67	2.4	2.2
100+	523.73	566.32	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 1993

Year

Country