Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Cameroon, 2031

Cameroon
2031
Life expectancy: 65.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Cameroon is projected at 65.8 years in 2031: 68.1 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 220,786 people are projected to die; 30.3% of them would be 65 or older and 25.6% 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).

Life expectancy at birth
65.8
Women
68.1
Men
63.5
Life expectancy at 65
13.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
38.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
54.5
Deaths
220,786
Deaths per 1,000 people
6.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
251
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
173
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031'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
034.1944.6268.163.5
1-43.924.6569.565.3
5-91.111.3866.562.5
10-140.791.0161.957.9
15-191.111.6457.153.2
20-241.482.4752.448.6
25-291.842.8747.844.2
30-342.303.4743.239.8
35-393.014.5038.735.5
40-444.016.0134.231.2
45-495.398.2629.927.1
50-547.7611.8425.623.1
55-5911.1716.7121.519.4
60-6417.5325.0717.615.8
65-6928.6338.7414.012.6
70-7449.3162.4510.79.8
75-7982.3197.328.07.4
80-84133.03146.795.95.6
85-89204.76211.144.34.2
90-94301.06291.873.13.2
95-99422.54389.362.32.5
100+524.33530.251.91.9