Mortality in Cameroon, 2001

Cameroon
2001
Life expectancy: 53.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Cameroon was 53.6 years in 2001: 54.7 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 200,117 people died; 19.1% of them were 65 or older and 42.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
53.6
Women
54.7
Men
52.5
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
87.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
140.7
Deaths
200,117
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
364
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
337
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
085.17101.4254.752.5
1-414.4115.8158.556.9
5-93.654.0057.856.5
10-142.512.5653.952.6
15-193.293.3849.548.2
20-244.604.9345.344.0
25-295.875.7441.340.0
30-346.976.7537.436.1
35-398.228.2933.732.3
40-449.4910.1430.028.6
45-4911.0212.6626.324.9
50-5414.0816.6322.721.4
55-5918.4321.7819.118.0
60-6426.9931.2815.714.8
65-6940.3545.8112.611.9
70-7461.7969.709.99.3
75-7993.06104.617.67.1
80-84140.01154.745.75.4
85-89209.80222.844.24.1
90-94300.11306.003.13.1
95-99412.37406.762.42.4
100+543.07520.021.81.9