Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 65.7 years in 2033: 67.9 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 13,338,660 people are projected to die; 33.3% of them would be 65 or older and 20.5% 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, 2033

Life expectancy at birth

65.7

Women

67.9

Men

63.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.4

Deaths

13,338,660

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

252

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2033's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2033

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	33.66	43.39	67.9	63.5
1-4	4.15	4.78	69.2	65.2
5-9	2.18	2.29	66.4	62.4
10-14	1.26	1.43	62.1	58.1
15-19	1.65	2.14	57.4	53.5
20-24	2.13	3.19	52.9	49.1
25-29	2.57	3.51	48.4	44.8
30-34	2.99	3.96	44.0	40.6
35-39	3.57	4.67	39.6	36.3
40-44	4.44	5.92	35.3	32.1
45-49	5.52	7.83	31.0	28.0
50-54	7.69	11.20	26.8	24.1
55-59	10.79	15.66	22.8	20.3
60-64	16.43	23.29	18.9	16.7
65-69	25.80	35.01	15.3	13.5
70-74	41.61	53.84	12.1	10.6
75-79	66.95	83.89	9.3	8.1
80-84	106.52	129.63	7.0	6.0
85-89	163.54	199.75	5.2	4.4
90-94	230.88	284.63	4.0	3.4
95-99	302.99	351.38	3.2	2.8
100+	357.65	395.77	2.8	2.5

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2033

Year

Country