Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 69.1 years in 2055: 71.6 for women and 66.7 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 19,467,237 people are projected to die; 47.0% of them would be 65 or older and 11.3% 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, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

71.6

Men

66.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.3

Deaths

19,467,237

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

217

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	22.66	32.39	71.6	66.7
1-4	2.81	3.59	72.3	67.8
5-9	1.43	1.70	69.1	64.8
10-14	0.86	1.08	64.5	60.3
15-19	1.16	1.68	59.8	55.6
20-24	1.52	2.53	55.1	51.1
25-29	1.86	2.79	50.5	46.7
30-34	2.21	3.17	46.0	42.3
35-39	2.72	3.80	41.5	38.0
40-44	3.55	4.96	37.0	33.6
45-49	4.53	6.69	32.6	29.4
50-54	6.43	9.73	28.3	25.3
55-59	9.06	13.59	24.1	21.5
60-64	13.96	20.33	20.1	17.8
65-69	22.13	30.67	16.4	14.4
70-74	35.89	47.28	13.0	11.4
75-79	57.82	73.79	10.1	8.8
80-84	92.56	114.29	7.6	6.6
85-89	142.30	174.80	5.7	4.9
90-94	208.24	252.87	4.3	3.7
95-99	289.41	328.81	3.3	3.0
100+	359.35	395.38	2.8	2.5

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2055

Year

Country