Life expectancy at birth in Angola was 53.0 years in 2006: 54.8 for women and 51.1 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 275,342 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 50.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

53.0

Women

54.8

Men

51.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

155.1

Deaths

275,342

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.8

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

371

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

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	101.76	120.82	54.8	51.1
1-4	14.32	15.66	59.5	56.5
5-9	3.77	4.09	58.9	56.0
10-14	2.55	2.65	55.0	52.1
15-19	3.18	3.55	50.7	47.8
20-24	4.18	5.12	46.5	43.6
25-29	5.04	5.86	42.4	39.7
30-34	5.86	6.82	38.4	35.8
35-39	6.91	8.33	34.5	31.9
40-44	8.13	10.24	30.6	28.2
45-49	9.64	12.89	26.8	24.5
50-54	12.64	17.09	23.0	21.0
55-59	16.94	22.59	19.3	17.6
60-64	25.41	32.62	15.8	14.4
65-69	39.09	47.81	12.6	11.5
70-74	62.52	72.79	9.7	8.9
75-79	97.05	110.27	7.4	6.8
80-84	147.34	164.78	5.5	5.1
85-89	218.73	239.36	4.1	3.8
90-94	308.81	329.39	3.1	2.9
95-99	419.21	438.13	2.3	2.2
100+	544.63	556.67	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Angola by year

Mortality in Angola, 2006

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