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

Central African Republic

1954

Life expectancy: 37.0

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Central African Republic was 37.0 years in 1954: 38.2 for women and 35.9 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 43,119 people died; 16.1% of them were 65 or older and 47.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

37.0

Women

38.2

Men

35.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

168.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

302.7

Deaths

43,119

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.1

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

538

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

473

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	179.81	202.64	38.2	35.9
1-4	44.98	44.90	44.4	42.6
5-9	10.37	10.54	48.7	46.5
10-14	6.20	6.13	46.2	43.9
15-19	6.73	7.18	42.6	40.1
20-24	8.81	10.50	38.9	36.5
25-29	10.62	12.12	35.6	33.3
30-34	11.86	13.71	32.4	30.3
35-39	13.20	15.85	29.2	27.2
40-44	14.49	17.94	26.0	24.3
45-49	15.95	20.59	22.8	21.3
50-54	20.08	25.18	19.5	18.4
55-59	26.08	30.92	16.2	15.5
60-64	38.68	42.79	13.2	12.7
65-69	57.59	60.93	10.4	10.1
70-74	87.62	90.98	8.1	7.8
75-79	127.99	134.79	6.2	6.0
80-84	183.01	195.49	4.7	4.5
85-89	259.54	276.31	3.6	3.4
90-94	351.20	369.78	2.7	2.6
95-99	460.88	481.32	2.1	2.1
100+	581.77	599.13	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Central African Republic by year

Mortality in Central African Republic, 1954

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