Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 55.0 years in 1994: 57.3 for women and 52.6 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 81,965 people died; 17.9% of them were 65 or older and 50.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

55.0

Women

57.3

Men

52.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

95.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

157.0

Deaths

81,965

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.4

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

322

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

241

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	94.76	110.17	57.3	52.6
1-4	17.35	17.90	61.9	57.6
5-9	3.70	5.13	62.2	57.7
10-14	2.29	2.78	58.3	54.1
15-19	2.68	3.74	54.0	49.9
20-24	3.31	5.35	49.7	45.7
25-29	3.88	5.61	45.5	41.9
30-34	4.39	6.02	41.3	38.0
35-39	5.05	6.76	37.2	34.1
40-44	6.16	8.23	33.0	30.2
45-49	7.12	10.11	29.0	26.4
50-54	9.60	13.74	24.9	22.6
55-59	12.96	18.12	21.0	19.0
60-64	19.80	26.62	17.3	15.6
65-69	31.48	39.98	13.8	12.4
70-74	50.97	62.27	10.7	9.6
75-79	81.37	97.29	8.1	7.3
80-84	130.73	151.91	6.0	5.3
85-89	198.53	233.86	4.4	3.8
90-94	290.04	359.34	3.2	2.7
95-99	422.95	497.23	2.3	2.0
100+	563.57	645.79	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 1994

Year

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