Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 44.4 years in 1973: 46.5 for women and 42.3 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 72,794 people died; 17.9% of them were 65 or older and 50.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

44.4

Women

46.5

Men

42.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

144.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

245.5

Deaths

72,794

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.2

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

426

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

345

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	146.85	172.66	46.5	42.3
1-4	31.35	32.30	52.6	49.0
5-9	7.89	9.33	55.4	51.5
10-14	4.39	4.73	52.5	48.8
15-19	4.72	5.58	48.6	44.9
20-24	5.56	7.90	44.7	41.1
25-29	6.47	8.36	40.9	37.7
30-34	7.45	8.93	37.2	34.2
35-39	8.51	10.08	33.5	30.6
40-44	9.63	12.19	29.8	27.1
45-49	10.62	14.66	26.2	23.6
50-54	13.46	18.75	22.5	20.3
55-59	18.16	24.50	18.9	17.0
60-64	26.87	34.61	15.4	13.9
65-69	41.43	50.55	12.2	11.0
70-74	65.04	78.01	9.5	8.5
75-79	100.01	118.99	7.2	6.4
80-84	154.65	182.02	5.3	4.7
85-89	226.99	272.33	3.9	3.4
90-94	334.98	406.65	2.9	2.4
95-99	452.35	546.28	2.2	1.8
100+	586.30	685.82	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1973

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