Benin Mortality 2021: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Benin was 59.6 years in 2021: 60.8 for women and 58.4 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 125,401 people died; 22.6% of them were 65 or older and 30.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2021

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

60.8

Men

58.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

83.3

Deaths

125,401

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

307

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

268

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2021's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2021

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	52.14	62.57	60.8	58.4
1-4	7.25	7.99	63.0	61.1
5-9	4.11	3.89	60.8	59.0
10-14	2.34	2.27	57.0	55.1
15-19	2.86	3.22	52.7	50.7
20-24	3.51	4.61	48.4	46.5
25-29	4.01	4.76	44.2	42.5
30-34	4.69	5.24	40.1	38.5
35-39	5.62	6.12	35.9	34.5
40-44	7.06	7.78	31.9	30.4
45-49	8.36	9.87	27.9	26.5
50-54	11.25	13.71	24.0	22.8
55-59	14.97	17.87	20.3	19.2
60-64	22.33	26.18	16.7	15.7
65-69	34.60	39.27	13.3	12.6
70-74	54.39	60.76	10.3	9.8
75-79	85.13	94.08	7.8	7.4
80-84	137.38	146.81	5.7	5.4
85-89	221.21	238.64	4.0	3.7
90-94	328.57	376.13	2.9	2.6
95-99	481.82	529.15	2.0	1.9
100+	642.30	686.58	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 2021

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