Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 57.1 years in 2003: 58.4 for women and 55.7 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 90,236 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 44.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

57.1

Women

58.4

Men

55.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

79.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

127.2

Deaths

90,236

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.4

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

298

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	77.97	91.16	58.4	55.7
1-4	13.04	13.55	62.0	59.9
5-9	4.20	4.35	61.3	59.1
10-14	2.49	2.42	57.5	55.4
15-19	2.93	3.37	53.2	51.0
20-24	3.60	4.82	49.0	46.8
25-29	4.21	5.05	44.8	42.9
30-34	4.78	5.42	40.7	39.0
35-39	5.49	6.08	36.6	35.0
40-44	6.61	7.43	32.6	31.0
45-49	7.58	9.18	28.6	27.0
50-54	10.12	12.68	24.6	23.2
55-59	13.66	16.77	20.7	19.5
60-64	20.75	24.90	17.0	16.0
65-69	32.82	37.66	13.6	12.8
70-74	52.87	58.84	10.5	9.9
75-79	83.88	92.53	8.0	7.5
80-84	133.95	145.27	5.9	5.5
85-89	202.27	225.17	4.3	3.9
90-94	293.92	348.36	3.2	2.7
95-99	426.47	485.01	2.3	2.0
100+	565.77	634.84	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 2003

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