Life expectancy at birth in Benin is projected at 62.9 years in 2036: 64.6 for women and 61.3 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 152,841 people are projected to die; 28.6% of them would be 65 or older and 23.8% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2036

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

64.6

Men

61.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.0

Deaths

152,841

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

267

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

218

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2036's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2036

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	40.68	51.51	64.6	61.3
1-4	5.51	6.41	66.2	63.5
5-9	3.09	3.27	63.7	61.1
10-14	1.79	1.93	59.6	57.0
15-19	2.23	2.78	55.1	52.6
20-24	2.78	4.02	50.7	48.3
25-29	3.28	4.23	46.4	44.2
30-34	3.76	4.58	42.1	40.1
35-39	4.39	5.18	37.9	35.9
40-44	5.44	6.41	33.7	31.8
45-49	6.41	8.06	29.5	27.8
50-54	8.80	11.40	25.4	23.8
55-59	12.07	15.29	21.4	20.1
60-64	18.68	23.09	17.6	16.4
65-69	30.03	35.36	14.1	13.1
70-74	49.07	55.74	10.9	10.2
75-79	78.93	88.55	8.3	7.7
80-84	127.66	140.27	6.1	5.6
85-89	194.96	219.39	4.4	4.0
90-94	286.08	340.79	3.2	2.8
95-99	417.00	477.43	2.3	2.1
100+	556.51	600.78	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 2036

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