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Mortality in Congo, 1965

Congo
1965
Life expectancy: 51.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 51.0 years in 1965: 52.6 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 18,688 people died; 17.4% of them were 65 or older and 43.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
51.0
Women
52.6
Men
49.5
Life expectancy at 65
12.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
93.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
161.1
Deaths
18,688
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
408
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
345
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965'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.
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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
092.36107.5652.649.5
1-419.0620.0856.553.9
5-94.644.9456.954.3
10-143.043.0953.150.6
15-193.763.9848.946.3
20-245.155.9144.842.2
25-296.457.0340.938.4
30-347.488.3337.134.7
35-398.6310.1333.531.0
40-449.7512.1129.827.5
45-4911.0714.6626.224.1
50-5414.0518.6722.520.7
55-5918.3323.7619.017.5
60-6427.0233.5215.614.4
65-6940.8148.2612.511.6
70-7463.8272.649.79.0
75-7997.09108.697.46.9
80-84144.83160.255.65.2
85-89212.93229.954.24.0
90-94298.87313.173.23.0
95-99404.77414.262.42.4
100+526.95526.041.91.9