Central African Republic

2001

Life expectancy: 46.7

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Life expectancy at birth in Central African Republic was 46.7 years in 2001: 47.7 for women and 45.8 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 64,824 people died; 12.1% of them were 65 or older and 40.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

46.7

Women

47.7

Men

45.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

107.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

162.3

Deaths

64,824

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.5

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

524

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

495

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.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	107.93	124.39	47.7	45.8
1-4	15.63	16.31	52.0	50.7
5-9	4.12	4.48	51.3	50.0
10-14	3.06	3.15	47.3	46.1
15-19	4.51	4.65	43.0	41.8
20-24	7.03	7.45	38.9	37.7
25-29	9.86	9.71	35.2	34.0
30-34	12.29	12.21	31.8	30.6
35-39	14.76	15.29	28.7	27.4
40-44	16.73	18.22	25.7	24.3
45-49	19.06	21.66	22.7	21.4
50-54	23.28	26.56	19.7	18.6
55-59	29.09	32.59	16.9	15.9
60-64	40.15	44.20	14.1	13.2
65-69	54.94	59.04	11.7	10.9
70-74	72.33	79.33	9.6	8.8
75-79	94.46	109.48	7.8	6.9
80-84	130.62	157.36	6.0	5.3
85-89	196.86	230.77	4.4	3.9
90-94	281.49	320.20	3.3	3.0
95-99	387.30	428.99	2.5	2.3
100+	510.15	548.22	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Central African Republic by year

Mortality in Central African Republic, 2001

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