Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 39.6 years in 1962: 41.6 for women and 37.6 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 71,049 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 49.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

39.6

Women

41.6

Men

37.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

176.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

298.9

Deaths

71,049

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.3

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

467

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

386

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	184.49	216.66	41.6	37.6
1-4	39.70	41.86	48.8	45.3
5-9	9.73	11.07	52.8	49.2
10-14	5.30	5.52	50.3	46.8
15-19	5.58	6.34	46.6	43.1
20-24	6.47	8.98	42.8	39.4
25-29	7.57	9.51	39.1	36.1
30-34	8.75	10.17	35.6	32.7
35-39	10.01	11.52	32.0	29.3
40-44	11.15	13.92	28.5	25.9
45-49	12.21	16.73	25.0	22.5
50-54	15.21	21.09	21.5	19.3
55-59	20.62	27.57	17.9	16.1
60-64	30.29	38.52	14.6	13.2
65-69	46.21	55.82	11.6	10.4
70-74	72.06	86.08	9.0	8.0
75-79	109.55	130.54	6.8	6.0
80-84	167.64	198.59	5.0	4.4
85-89	242.97	294.05	3.7	3.2
90-94	354.22	434.60	2.7	2.3
95-99	472.29	576.17	2.1	1.7
100+	602.99	713.32	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1962

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