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

Congo

1973

Life expectancy: 54.7

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

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-5 -1 1973 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 54.7 years in 1973: 56.5 for women and 53.0 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 19,949 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 41.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

54.7

Women

56.5

Men

53.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

77.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

126.2

Deaths

19,949

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.0

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

381

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

313

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	75.45	88.44	56.5	53.0
1-4	13.24	14.06	59.8	56.8
5-9	3.35	3.64	59.0	56.0
10-14	2.29	2.40	54.9	52.0
15-19	2.99	3.30	50.5	47.6
20-24	4.17	4.96	46.3	43.3
25-29	5.29	5.99	42.2	39.4
30-34	6.28	7.23	38.3	35.5
35-39	7.43	8.99	34.4	31.7
40-44	8.62	11.01	30.6	28.0
45-49	10.07	13.67	26.8	24.5
50-54	12.97	17.72	23.1	21.0
55-59	17.07	22.91	19.5	17.7
60-64	25.16	32.51	16.0	14.6
65-69	38.30	46.94	12.8	11.7
70-74	60.76	70.75	9.9	9.2
75-79	93.90	106.14	7.6	7.0
80-84	141.78	157.22	5.7	5.3
85-89	209.65	226.25	4.2	4.0
90-94	296.10	309.47	3.2	3.1
95-99	402.92	410.58	2.4	2.4
100+	526.87	523.20	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Congo by year

Mortality in Congo, 1973

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