Africa Mortality 2029: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 65.0 years in 2029: 67.2 for women and 62.8 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 12,480,198 people are projected to die; 31.2% of them would be 65 or older and 22.5% 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, 2029

Life expectancy at birth

65.0

Women

67.2

Men

62.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

57.8

Deaths

12,480,198

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

260

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

194

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2029's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2029

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	36.37	45.90	67.2	62.8
1-4	4.44	5.02	68.6	64.7
5-9	2.33	2.40	65.8	62.0
10-14	1.36	1.51	61.5	57.7
15-19	1.78	2.26	56.9	53.1
20-24	2.26	3.36	52.4	48.7
25-29	2.71	3.67	48.0	44.5
30-34	3.14	4.11	43.6	40.3
35-39	3.75	4.84	39.3	36.0
40-44	4.66	6.14	35.0	31.9
45-49	5.79	8.10	30.7	27.8
50-54	7.98	11.52	26.6	23.8
55-59	11.12	16.06	22.5	20.1
60-64	16.89	23.85	18.7	16.5
65-69	26.61	35.91	15.1	13.3
70-74	42.92	55.18	11.9	10.4
75-79	69.00	85.91	9.1	7.9
80-84	110.19	133.78	6.8	5.9
85-89	166.06	203.01	5.2	4.4
90-94	232.33	287.09	4.0	3.3
95-99	301.96	346.63	3.2	2.8
100+	364.92	404.58	2.7	2.5

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2029

Year

Country