Life expectancy at birth in Angola was 45.8 years in 1999: 49.0 for women and 42.8 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 290,129 people died; 10.8% of them were 65 or older and 51.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

45.8

Women

49.0

Men

42.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

129.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

208.4

Deaths

290,129

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.5

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

496

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

354

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	131.14	154.04	49.0	42.8
1-4	23.01	24.96	54.7	48.7
5-9	5.76	6.19	55.7	49.6
10-14	3.64	3.87	52.3	46.0
15-19	4.27	6.17	48.2	41.9
20-24	5.56	10.60	44.2	38.1
25-29	6.61	11.64	40.4	35.1
30-34	7.49	12.25	36.6	32.0
35-39	8.59	13.54	32.9	28.9
40-44	9.87	15.20	29.3	25.7
45-49	11.29	17.75	25.6	22.6
50-54	14.46	21.93	22.0	19.4
55-59	19.07	27.69	18.4	16.4
60-64	28.47	38.28	15.0	13.4
65-69	43.58	54.76	11.9	10.7
70-74	69.17	81.89	9.2	8.4
75-79	105.57	121.57	7.0	6.4
80-84	157.61	180.52	5.3	4.8
85-89	230.34	260.35	3.9	3.6
90-94	320.18	353.42	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.13	462.07	2.3	2.1
100+	548.85	577.57	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Angola by year

Mortality in Angola, 1999

Year

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