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

Congo

1992

Life expectancy: 56.5

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 56.5 years in 1992: 57.3 for women and 55.6 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 27,591 people died; 22.3% of them were 65 or older and 33.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

57.3

Men

55.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

95.8

Deaths

27,591

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

376

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

357

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	59.68	70.24	57.3	55.6
1-4	8.98	9.48	59.7	58.6
5-9	2.40	2.62	57.8	56.8
10-14	1.82	1.87	53.5	52.5
15-19	2.77	2.81	49.0	48.0
20-24	4.25	4.35	44.6	43.6
25-29	5.88	5.44	40.5	39.5
30-34	7.38	6.79	36.7	35.6
35-39	9.05	8.70	32.9	31.7
40-44	10.58	10.90	29.3	28.0
45-49	12.47	13.79	25.8	24.4
50-54	15.68	18.02	22.3	21.0
55-59	20.10	23.43	18.9	17.7
60-64	28.37	33.12	15.6	14.6
65-69	41.33	47.38	12.6	11.8
70-74	61.73	70.32	10.0	9.3
75-79	91.86	103.96	7.7	7.2
80-84	137.47	152.98	5.8	5.4
85-89	206.48	219.61	4.3	4.1
90-94	295.99	301.30	3.2	3.1
95-99	407.46	400.10	2.4	2.4
100+	537.55	512.09	1.9	2.0

Mortality in Congo by year

Mortality in Congo, 1992

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