Life expectancy at birth in Angola was 40.5 years in 1972: 43.7 for women and 37.7 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 146,204 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 54.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

40.5

Women

43.7

Men

37.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

154.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

266.9

Deaths

146,204

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.7

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

532

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

389

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	159.76	187.14	43.7	37.7
1-4	34.68	37.86	50.0	44.1
5-9	8.17	8.80	53.1	47.0
10-14	4.94	5.15	50.2	44.0
15-19	5.41	7.49	46.4	40.0
20-24	6.89	12.70	42.6	36.5
25-29	8.03	13.77	39.0	33.7
30-34	8.87	14.27	35.5	30.9
35-39	9.90	15.39	32.0	28.0
40-44	11.06	16.85	28.5	25.1
45-49	12.25	19.18	25.0	22.1
50-54	15.53	23.22	21.4	19.0
55-59	20.33	28.87	17.9	16.1
60-64	30.44	39.67	14.6	13.2
65-69	46.50	56.72	11.5	10.5
70-74	73.69	85.15	8.9	8.1
75-79	111.84	127.12	6.8	6.2
80-84	164.09	188.13	5.1	4.6
85-89	235.46	270.55	3.9	3.4
90-94	321.70	365.65	3.0	2.6
95-99	426.00	479.20	2.3	2.1
100+	542.74	600.38	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Angola by year

Mortality in Angola, 1972

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