Life expectancy at birth in Angola was 40.1 years in 1971: 43.3 for women and 37.3 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 145,689 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

40.1

Women

43.3

Men

37.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

156.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

270.9

Deaths

145,689

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.3

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

536

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

392

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	161.54	189.29	43.3	37.3
1-4	35.58	38.87	49.6	43.7
5-9	8.36	9.00	52.9	46.7
10-14	5.04	5.25	50.0	43.8
15-19	5.49	7.62	46.2	39.9
20-24	7.00	12.94	42.4	36.3
25-29	8.16	14.00	38.9	33.6
30-34	8.99	14.48	35.4	30.8
35-39	10.03	15.58	31.9	27.9
40-44	11.20	17.02	28.4	25.0
45-49	12.38	19.33	24.9	22.0
50-54	15.68	23.36	21.3	19.0
55-59	20.52	29.01	17.9	16.0
60-64	30.71	39.83	14.5	13.1
65-69	46.90	56.94	11.5	10.5
70-74	74.28	85.47	8.9	8.1
75-79	112.63	127.59	6.8	6.2
80-84	165.03	188.87	5.1	4.6
85-89	236.49	271.29	3.9	3.4
90-94	322.68	366.72	3.0	2.6
95-99	426.89	482.65	2.3	2.0
100+	543.39	608.98	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Angola by year

Mortality in Angola, 1971

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