Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 47.4 years in 1979: 49.9 for women and 44.8 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 74,222 people died; 17.8% 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, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

47.4

Women

49.9

Men

44.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

216.8

Deaths

74,222

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.4

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

407

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

311

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	128.67	150.62	49.9	44.8
1-4	26.74	27.63	55.6	50.9
5-9	6.32	8.54	57.6	52.6
10-14	3.64	4.40	54.4	49.8
15-19	4.01	5.25	50.3	45.8
20-24	4.79	7.44	46.3	42.0
25-29	5.58	7.87	42.3	38.5
30-34	6.39	8.41	38.5	34.9
35-39	7.32	9.47	34.6	31.3
40-44	8.45	11.45	30.8	27.7
45-49	9.43	13.77	27.1	24.2
50-54	12.17	17.73	23.2	20.7
55-59	16.40	23.14	19.5	17.4
60-64	24.49	32.88	16.0	14.2
65-69	38.09	48.26	12.7	11.3
70-74	60.32	74.53	9.9	8.7
75-79	93.78	114.05	7.5	6.6
80-84	146.53	174.99	5.5	4.8
85-89	217.39	263.07	4.1	3.5
90-94	324.04	394.73	2.9	2.5
95-99	441.89	533.22	2.2	1.9
100+	577.57	674.08	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1979

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