Africa Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Africa was 61.5 years in 2017: 63.4 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 11,130,820 people died; 25.0% of them were 65 or older and 29.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

63.4

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.2

Deaths

11,130,820

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

294

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

232

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

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	49.30	58.90	63.4	59.7
1-4	6.54	6.98	65.5	62.2
5-9	3.25	3.11	63.2	59.9
10-14	1.84	1.92	59.2	55.8
15-19	2.29	2.76	54.7	51.4
20-24	2.84	4.01	50.3	47.0
25-29	3.40	4.35	46.0	42.9
30-34	4.04	4.94	41.8	38.8
35-39	4.85	5.86	37.6	34.7
40-44	5.88	7.32	33.4	30.7
45-49	7.05	9.38	29.4	26.7
50-54	9.42	13.00	25.3	22.9
55-59	13.10	18.00	21.4	19.3
60-64	19.76	26.50	17.7	15.8
65-69	30.79	39.70	14.3	12.7
70-74	49.10	60.85	11.2	9.9
75-79	76.64	93.17	8.6	7.6
80-84	118.39	141.66	6.5	5.7
85-89	175.70	210.26	4.9	4.2
90-94	247.49	294.33	3.7	3.2
95-99	325.01	368.60	3.0	2.6
100+	423.73	456.25	2.4	2.2

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2017

Year

Country