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Mortality in Congo, 1976

Congo
1976
Life expectancy: 55.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 55.7 years in 1976: 57.5 for women and 53.9 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 20,557 people died; 20.7% of them were 65 or older and 40.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
55.7
Women
57.5
Men
53.9
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
73.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
117.1
Deaths
20,557
Deaths per 1,000 people
12.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
375
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
305
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976'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
070.8283.1657.553.9
1-411.8712.6560.657.5
5-93.043.3259.556.4
10-142.112.2355.452.3
15-192.813.1350.947.9
20-243.934.7246.643.6
25-295.015.7342.539.6
30-346.006.9738.535.6
35-397.168.7434.631.8
40-448.3810.7930.828.1
45-499.8813.4927.024.5
50-5412.7717.5823.221.1
55-5916.8622.8219.617.8
60-6424.8432.4216.114.6
65-6937.8146.7912.811.8
70-7460.0270.4410.09.2
75-7992.97105.577.67.1
80-84140.84156.335.75.3
85-89208.93224.914.24.0
90-94295.99307.823.23.1
95-99403.73408.482.42.4
100+528.88520.921.91.9