Mortality in Central African Republic, 2026

Central African Republic
2026
Life expectancy: 58.2
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central African Republic is projected at 58.2 years in 2026: 60.1 for women and 56.0 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 52,068 people are projected to die; 14.9% of them would be 65 or older and 42.9% 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
58.2
Women
60.1
Men
56.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
64.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
89.7
Deaths
52,068
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
383
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
317
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026'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.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
061.6174.4560.156.0
1-46.437.0962.859.2
5-91.852.1260.456.9
10-141.431.6255.952.4
15-192.232.7851.347.8
20-243.324.5046.943.5
25-294.505.5642.639.4
30-345.726.8338.535.4
35-397.228.6934.631.6
40-448.8610.9830.727.9
45-4910.9614.0927.024.3
50-5414.3118.6123.420.9
55-5918.9124.5120.017.7
60-6427.2334.7416.714.7
65-6938.8448.3513.712.0
70-7453.9067.7211.29.6
75-7974.7297.098.87.4
80-84109.09143.666.85.6
85-89170.05214.445.04.2
90-94250.62303.583.63.1
95-99354.64417.292.72.3
100+475.78544.432.11.8