Africa Mortality 2013: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Africa was 60.3 years in 2013: 62.0 for women and 58.6 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 10,760,333 people died; 23.5% of them were 65 or older and 32.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2013

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

62.0

Men

58.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

56.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

84.3

Deaths

10,760,333

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

308

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

252

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2013's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2013

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	53.76	64.17	62.0	58.6
1-4	7.20	7.79	64.3	61.4
5-9	3.42	3.28	62.1	59.3
10-14	1.95	1.99	58.2	55.2
15-19	2.45	2.83	53.7	50.7
20-24	3.12	4.11	49.4	46.4
25-29	3.87	4.58	45.1	42.3
30-34	4.64	5.29	40.9	38.3
35-39	5.50	6.30	36.8	34.2
40-44	6.50	7.81	32.8	30.2
45-49	7.67	9.95	28.8	26.3
50-54	10.26	13.81	24.8	22.6
55-59	14.06	18.85	21.0	19.0
60-64	21.01	27.62	17.3	15.6
65-69	32.47	40.95	13.9	12.5
70-74	50.98	62.10	11.0	9.8
75-79	78.63	94.49	8.4	7.5
80-84	122.74	144.40	6.3	5.6
85-89	184.94	216.67	4.7	4.1
90-94	263.61	308.61	3.5	3.1
95-99	358.90	408.01	2.7	2.4
100+	474.70	529.61	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2013

Year

Country