Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 48.5 years in 1982: 51.2 for women and 45.8 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 76,960 people died; 17.6% 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, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

48.5

Women

51.2

Men

45.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

120.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

203.9

Deaths

76,960

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.5

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

404

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

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	120.84	141.63	51.2	45.8
1-4	24.70	25.44	56.6	51.5
5-9	5.87	8.32	58.3	52.8
10-14	3.41	4.32	55.0	50.0
15-19	3.79	5.17	50.9	46.0
20-24	4.55	7.35	46.8	42.1
25-29	5.30	7.76	42.8	38.6
30-34	6.07	8.29	38.9	35.0
35-39	6.95	9.34	35.0	31.4
40-44	8.08	11.29	31.2	27.8
45-49	9.07	13.59	27.3	24.3
50-54	11.77	17.53	23.5	20.8
55-59	15.87	22.90	19.8	17.5
60-64	23.76	32.57	16.2	14.3
65-69	37.06	47.84	12.9	11.4
70-74	58.86	73.91	10.0	8.8
75-79	91.83	113.18	7.6	6.6
80-84	144.04	173.76	5.6	4.8
85-89	214.25	261.49	4.1	3.5
90-94	320.83	392.63	3.0	2.5
95-99	438.51	530.96	2.2	1.9
100+	574.75	671.68	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1982

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