Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 57.7 years in 2005: 58.9 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 92,407 people died; 19.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

57.7

Women

58.9

Men

56.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

76.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

121.4

Deaths

92,407

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

290

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

254

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	74.43	87.35	58.9	56.5
1-4	12.23	12.83	62.4	60.6
5-9	4.14	4.10	61.4	59.6
10-14	2.45	2.29	57.6	55.8
15-19	2.90	3.24	53.3	51.4
20-24	3.56	4.64	49.0	47.2
25-29	4.16	4.85	44.9	43.3
30-34	4.73	5.22	40.8	39.3
35-39	5.43	5.85	36.7	35.3
40-44	6.55	7.15	32.6	31.2
45-49	7.52	8.86	28.6	27.3
50-54	10.05	12.32	24.6	23.4
55-59	13.57	16.31	20.8	19.7
60-64	20.62	24.31	17.0	16.2
65-69	32.65	36.87	13.6	12.9
70-74	52.63	57.68	10.6	10.0
75-79	83.55	90.95	8.0	7.6
80-84	133.54	143.10	5.9	5.5
85-89	201.79	222.43	4.3	4.0
90-94	293.43	344.96	3.2	2.8
95-99	426.04	481.63	2.3	2.0
100+	565.52	631.95	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 2005

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