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

Congo

1974

Life expectancy: 55.1

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

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-5 -1 1974 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 55.1 years in 1974: 56.8 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 20,210 people died; 20.2% of them were 65 or older and 41.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

55.1

Women

56.8

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.1

Deaths

20,210

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

379

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

311

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	73.84	86.61	56.8	53.3
1-4	12.77	13.61	60.1	57.0
5-9	3.24	3.53	59.1	56.1
10-14	2.23	2.35	55.1	52.1
15-19	2.93	3.24	50.7	47.7
20-24	4.09	4.88	46.4	43.4
25-29	5.20	5.90	42.3	39.4
30-34	6.19	7.14	38.3	35.5
35-39	7.35	8.91	34.4	31.7
40-44	8.56	10.95	30.6	28.1
45-49	10.03	13.63	26.9	24.5
50-54	12.92	17.69	23.1	21.0
55-59	17.02	22.90	19.5	17.8
60-64	25.08	32.51	16.0	14.6
65-69	38.16	46.92	12.8	11.7
70-74	60.55	70.68	9.9	9.2
75-79	93.63	105.98	7.6	7.0
80-84	141.52	156.94	5.7	5.3
85-89	209.47	225.75	4.2	4.0
90-94	296.15	308.77	3.2	3.1
95-99	403.29	409.61	2.4	2.4
100+	527.65	522.03	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Congo by year

Mortality in Congo, 1974

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