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

Central African Republic

1957

Life expectancy: 38.3

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Central African Republic was 38.3 years in 1957: 39.4 for women and 37.2 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 43,120 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 47.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

38.3

Women

39.4

Men

37.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

164.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

290.7

Deaths

43,120

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.7

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

521

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

460

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	174.83	196.50	39.4	37.2
1-4	42.01	41.72	45.6	43.9
5-9	9.76	9.83	49.5	47.4
10-14	5.88	5.74	46.8	44.7
15-19	6.44	6.77	43.2	40.9
20-24	8.43	9.88	39.5	37.2
25-29	10.16	11.39	36.1	34.0
30-34	11.36	12.91	32.8	30.8
35-39	12.67	14.99	29.6	27.7
40-44	13.94	17.07	26.4	24.7
45-49	15.39	19.73	23.1	21.6
50-54	19.40	24.28	19.7	18.6
55-59	25.22	29.99	16.5	15.7
60-64	37.42	41.65	13.4	12.8
65-69	55.86	59.45	10.6	10.2
70-74	85.34	88.93	8.2	7.9
75-79	125.26	132.06	6.3	6.0
80-84	179.85	192.12	4.8	4.5
85-89	255.83	272.36	3.6	3.4
90-94	347.17	365.53	2.8	2.6
95-99	456.68	476.92	2.2	2.1
100+	577.70	594.88	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Central African Republic by year

Mortality in Central African Republic, 1957

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