Life expectancy at birth in Africa is projected at 72.7 years in 2082: 75.2 for women and 70.2 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 30,397,959 people are projected to die; 63.5% of them would be 65 or older and 5.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2082

Life expectancy at birth

72.7

Women

75.2

Men

70.2

Life expectancy at 65

16.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.5

Deaths

30,397,959

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

177

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2082's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2082

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	15.52	23.56	75.2	70.2
1-4	1.77	2.45	75.4	70.9
5-9	0.86	1.17	71.9	67.6
10-14	0.55	0.77	67.2	62.9
15-19	0.77	1.28	62.4	58.2
20-24	1.05	1.94	57.6	53.5
25-29	1.31	2.14	52.9	49.0
30-34	1.57	2.45	48.2	44.5
35-39	1.97	2.95	43.6	40.0
40-44	2.66	3.90	39.0	35.6
45-49	3.47	5.31	34.5	31.2
50-54	5.09	7.90	30.0	27.0
55-59	7.26	11.11	25.7	23.0
60-64	11.40	16.88	21.6	19.2
65-69	18.49	25.81	17.7	15.6
70-74	30.36	40.32	14.2	12.4
75-79	49.02	63.51	11.1	9.6
80-84	78.87	98.90	8.4	7.3
85-89	121.37	150.32	6.4	5.5
90-94	181.14	218.71	4.7	4.1
95-99	264.78	300.21	3.5	3.2
100+	356.39	394.80	2.8	2.5

Mortality in Africa by year

Mortality in Africa, 2082

Year

Country