Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 56.7 years in 2001: 58.2 for women and 55.0 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 87,565 people died; 18.5% of them were 65 or older and 46.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

56.7

Women

58.2

Men

55.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.5

Deaths

87,565

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.8

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

305

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

251

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	81.62	94.95	58.3	55.0
1-4	13.91	14.50	62.1	59.3
5-9	4.05	4.53	61.5	58.8
10-14	2.43	2.50	57.8	55.1
15-19	2.86	3.46	53.4	50.7
20-24	3.52	4.95	49.2	46.6
25-29	4.11	5.19	45.0	42.7
30-34	4.67	5.57	40.9	38.7
35-39	5.37	6.25	36.8	34.7
40-44	6.48	7.63	32.7	30.8
45-49	7.45	9.42	28.7	26.9
50-54	9.97	12.96	24.7	23.0
55-59	13.46	17.12	20.8	19.4
60-64	20.47	25.36	17.1	15.9
65-69	32.43	38.29	13.6	12.7
70-74	52.31	59.76	10.6	9.9
75-79	83.12	93.83	8.0	7.4
80-84	132.98	147.13	5.9	5.4
85-89	201.15	227.73	4.3	3.9
90-94	292.76	351.73	3.2	2.7
95-99	425.44	489.21	2.3	2.0
100+	565.13	639.06	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 2001

Year

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