Life expectancy at birth in Benin is projected at 65.4 years in 2054: 67.4 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 208,975 people are projected to die; 39.1% of them would be 65 or older and 15.9% 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, 2054

Life expectancy at birth

65.4

Women

67.4

Men

63.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.7

Deaths

208,975

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

241

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2054's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2054

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	31.91	43.55	67.4	63.5
1-4	4.17	5.29	68.5	65.2
5-9	2.20	2.62	65.7	62.6
10-14	1.30	1.56	61.4	58.4
15-19	1.65	2.29	56.7	53.8
20-24	2.10	3.34	52.2	49.4
25-29	2.51	3.54	47.7	45.2
30-34	2.93	3.89	43.3	41.0
35-39	3.51	4.47	38.9	36.7
40-44	4.52	5.63	34.5	32.5
45-49	5.50	7.23	30.3	28.3
50-54	7.79	10.46	26.0	24.3
55-59	10.89	14.23	22.0	20.5
60-64	17.17	21.78	18.0	16.8
65-69	28.00	33.69	14.4	13.4
70-74	46.26	53.45	11.2	10.4
75-79	75.20	85.47	8.5	7.8
80-84	122.77	136.15	6.2	5.7
85-89	189.03	214.05	4.5	4.1
90-94	279.40	332.35	3.3	2.9
95-99	407.45	467.04	2.4	2.1
100+	546.30	593.47	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Benin by year

Mortality in Benin, 2054

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