Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 36.7 years in 1954: 38.5 for women and 34.8 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 70,401 people died; 23.0% of them were 65 or older and 45.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

36.7

Women

38.5

Men

34.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

199.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

335.4

Deaths

70,401

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.2

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

490

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

413

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	210.95	250.03	38.5	34.8
1-4	46.45	48.31	46.2	43.2
5-9	10.87	12.10	51.1	47.9
10-14	5.90	5.97	48.9	45.7
15-19	6.15	6.79	45.3	42.0
20-24	7.11	9.61	41.6	38.4
25-29	8.31	10.19	38.0	35.2
30-34	9.64	10.89	34.5	31.9
35-39	11.03	12.35	31.1	28.5
40-44	12.20	14.93	27.7	25.2
45-49	13.30	17.93	24.3	21.9
50-54	16.44	22.45	20.8	18.8
55-59	22.32	29.33	17.4	15.7
60-64	32.65	40.78	14.1	12.8
65-69	49.63	58.91	11.2	10.1
70-74	77.10	90.90	8.6	7.7
75-79	116.56	137.39	6.5	5.7
80-84	177.31	208.57	4.8	4.2
85-89	255.17	323.02	3.6	2.9
90-94	369.13	451.70	2.6	2.2
95-99	488.73	594.27	2.0	1.7
100+	617.32	732.60	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1954

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