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

Cameroon

2075

Life expectancy: 73.4

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 2075 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Cameroon is projected at 73.4 years in 2075: 76.1 for women and 70.9 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 506,680 people are projected to die; 62.3% of them would be 65 or older and 4.9% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2075

Life expectancy at birth

73.4

Women

76.1

Men

70.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

13.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.8

Deaths

506,680

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

165

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2075's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2075

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	10.12	17.66	76.1	70.9
1-4	0.97	1.57	75.9	71.1
5-9	0.34	0.61	72.1	67.5
10-14	0.28	0.48	67.3	62.7
15-19	0.43	0.91	62.4	57.9
20-24	0.63	1.39	57.5	53.1
25-29	0.80	1.59	52.7	48.5
30-34	1.00	1.94	47.9	43.9
35-39	1.36	2.52	43.1	39.3
40-44	2.02	3.50	38.4	34.7
45-49	2.89	5.06	33.7	30.3
50-54	4.52	7.83	29.2	26.0
55-59	6.73	11.34	24.8	21.9
60-64	11.08	17.83	20.5	18.1
65-69	18.84	28.42	16.6	14.5
70-74	33.25	46.52	12.9	11.3
75-79	57.30	74.97	9.8	8.6
80-84	96.80	117.83	7.2	6.5
85-89	155.65	179.09	5.2	4.8
90-94	239.60	261.59	3.8	3.5
95-99	352.72	365.92	2.7	2.6
100+	465.46	508.08	2.2	2.0

Mortality in Cameroon by year

Mortality in Cameroon, 2075

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