Africa Mortality 2008: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Africa was 57.7 years in 2008: 59.1 for women and 56.2 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 10,781,947 people died; 21.0% of them were 65 or older and 34.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2008

Life expectancy at birth

57.7

Women

59.1

Men

56.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

101.0

Deaths

10,781,947

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

337

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

290

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2008's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2008

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	63.40	75.39	59.1	56.2
1-4	9.18	9.92	61.9	59.5
5-9	3.99	3.81	60.2	57.9
10-14	2.24	2.24	56.3	53.9
15-19	2.79	3.05	51.9	49.5
20-24	3.76	4.51	47.6	45.2
25-29	4.94	5.23	43.5	41.2
30-34	5.99	6.21	39.5	37.2
35-39	6.85	7.38	35.6	33.3
40-44	7.74	8.96	31.8	29.5
45-49	8.94	11.26	27.9	25.7
50-54	11.69	15.17	24.1	22.0
55-59	15.76	20.44	20.4	18.6
60-64	23.14	29.42	16.9	15.3
65-69	34.78	42.72	13.6	12.3
70-74	53.32	64.01	10.7	9.7
75-79	81.85	96.86	8.2	7.4
80-84	127.37	147.77	6.2	5.5
85-89	189.07	219.01	4.6	4.1
90-94	267.65	308.29	3.5	3.1
95-99	365.02	405.25	2.6	2.4
100+	483.02	520.24	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2008

Year

Country