Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 68.1 years in 2048: 70.6 for women and 65.7 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 17,237,903 people are projected to die; 42.4% of them would be 65 or older and 13.8% 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, 2048

Life expectancy at birth

68.1

Women

70.6

Men

65.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.3

Deaths

17,237,903

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

228

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

162

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2048's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2048

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	25.40	35.29	70.6	65.7
1-4	3.17	3.93	71.4	67.0
5-9	1.64	1.87	68.2	64.1
10-14	0.98	1.19	63.8	59.6
15-19	1.29	1.82	59.1	55.0
20-24	1.67	2.71	54.5	50.5
25-29	2.03	2.97	49.9	46.1
30-34	2.43	3.37	45.4	41.8
35-39	3.00	4.08	40.9	37.4
40-44	3.84	5.30	36.5	33.2
45-49	4.80	7.05	32.1	29.0
50-54	6.75	10.13	27.8	24.9
55-59	9.52	14.17	23.7	21.1
60-64	14.69	21.26	19.7	17.4
65-69	23.38	32.11	16.0	14.1
70-74	37.77	49.47	12.7	11.1
75-79	60.49	76.99	9.8	8.5
80-84	96.38	118.98	7.4	6.4
85-89	148.12	181.70	5.6	4.8
90-94	215.09	261.66	4.2	3.6
95-99	294.37	334.92	3.3	2.9
100+	364.84	403.05	2.7	2.5

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2048

Year

Country