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

Congo

1953

Life expectancy: 41.9

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

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-5 -1 1953 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 41.9 years in 1953: 43.2 for women and 40.6 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 19,868 people died; 12.0% of them were 65 or older and 49.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

41.9

Women

43.2

Men

40.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

254.0

Deaths

19,868

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.3

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

478

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

421

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	130.30	149.70	43.2	40.6
1-4	39.26	40.69	48.0	45.9
5-9	8.86	9.21	51.7	49.6
10-14	5.31	5.23	49.0	46.8
15-19	5.80	5.95	45.2	43.0
20-24	7.67	8.64	41.5	39.2
25-29	9.31	9.98	38.0	35.8
30-34	10.37	11.36	34.7	32.5
35-39	11.44	13.24	31.4	29.3
40-44	12.41	15.10	28.1	26.1
45-49	13.48	17.46	24.7	23.0
50-54	16.83	21.52	21.3	19.8
55-59	21.74	26.61	17.9	16.8
60-64	32.22	37.12	14.7	13.8
65-69	47.57	52.71	11.8	11.1
70-74	70.77	77.56	9.3	8.8
75-79	102.24	113.23	7.3	6.8
80-84	147.88	163.62	5.5	5.2
85-89	216.46	233.78	4.1	3.9
90-94	301.99	316.47	3.1	3.0
95-99	407.26	416.82	2.4	2.3
100+	527.79	526.87	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Congo by year

Mortality in Congo, 1953

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