Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 64.6 years in 2027: 66.8 for women and 62.5 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 12,077,701 people are projected to die; 30.2% of them would be 65 or older and 23.5% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

64.6

Women

66.8

Men

62.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.6

Deaths

12,077,701

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

263

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

198

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2027

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	37.88	47.26	66.8	62.5
1-4	4.58	5.13	68.3	64.5
5-9	2.41	2.46	65.5	61.8
10-14	1.41	1.55	61.3	57.5
15-19	1.84	2.32	56.7	52.9
20-24	2.33	3.44	52.2	48.5
25-29	2.77	3.74	47.8	44.3
30-34	3.22	4.19	43.4	40.1
35-39	3.84	4.93	39.1	35.9
40-44	4.79	6.27	34.8	31.7
45-49	5.92	8.24	30.6	27.6
50-54	8.12	11.68	26.4	23.7
55-59	11.30	16.27	22.4	20.0
60-64	17.16	24.16	18.5	16.4
65-69	27.07	36.41	15.0	13.2
70-74	43.61	55.86	11.8	10.3
75-79	70.15	87.12	9.0	7.9
80-84	111.77	135.57	6.8	5.9
85-89	166.94	204.18	5.1	4.4
90-94	232.91	287.14	4.0	3.3
95-99	303.31	347.30	3.2	2.8
100+	371.37	413.38	2.7	2.4

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2027

Year

Country