Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 66.2 years in 2036: 68.5 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 14,033,817 people are projected to die; 35.0% of them would be 65 or older and 19.0% 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, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

66.2

Women

68.5

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.0

Deaths

14,033,817

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

247

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

181

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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	31.77	41.60	68.5	63.9
1-4	3.94	4.61	69.7	65.6
5-9	2.07	2.21	66.7	62.8
10-14	1.20	1.38	62.4	58.5
15-19	1.56	2.07	57.8	53.8
20-24	2.02	3.08	53.2	49.4
25-29	2.46	3.39	48.7	45.1
30-34	2.89	3.85	44.3	40.8
35-39	3.44	4.56	39.9	36.6
40-44	4.30	5.79	35.6	32.4
45-49	5.34	7.63	31.3	28.2
50-54	7.47	10.97	27.0	24.2
55-59	10.53	15.36	23.0	20.4
60-64	16.11	22.90	19.1	16.9
65-69	25.30	34.43	15.5	13.6
70-74	40.67	52.87	12.2	10.7
75-79	65.50	82.46	9.4	8.2
80-84	104.27	127.30	7.1	6.1
85-89	159.71	195.10	5.3	4.5
90-94	230.07	282.97	4.0	3.4
95-99	303.24	350.95	3.2	2.8
100+	358.35	399.65	2.8	2.5

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2036

Year

Country