Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 53.4 years in 1991: 56.2 for women and 50.6 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 78,904 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 51.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

53.4

Women

56.2

Men

50.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

168.7

Deaths

78,904

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.5

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

347

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

247

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	101.16	117.94	56.3	50.6
1-4	19.13	19.69	61.1	55.8
5-9	3.89	5.98	61.8	56.2
10-14	2.41	3.21	58.0	52.8
15-19	2.79	4.17	53.6	48.6
20-24	3.44	5.94	49.4	44.6
25-29	4.02	6.25	45.2	40.9
30-34	4.56	6.69	41.0	37.1
35-39	5.24	7.53	36.9	33.3
40-44	6.35	9.12	32.8	29.4
45-49	7.32	11.14	28.8	25.7
50-54	9.83	14.89	24.8	22.0
55-59	13.25	19.57	20.9	18.5
60-64	20.18	28.45	17.2	15.2
65-69	32.02	42.40	13.7	12.1
70-74	51.73	65.78	10.7	9.4
75-79	82.32	102.02	8.1	7.0
80-84	131.99	158.44	5.9	5.2
85-89	200.09	242.25	4.4	3.7
90-94	291.82	369.69	3.2	2.6
95-99	425.01	508.26	2.3	1.9
100+	565.77	655.27	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1991

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