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

Congo

1993

Life expectancy: 56.0

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

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-5 -1 1993 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 56.0 years in 1993: 56.8 for women and 55.2 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 28,944 people died; 22.0% of them were 65 or older and 33.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

56.0

Women

56.8

Men

55.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

98.4

Deaths

28,944

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.2

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

381

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

364

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	61.05	71.86	56.8	55.2
1-4	9.31	9.84	59.3	58.3
5-9	2.48	2.71	57.5	56.5
10-14	1.88	1.92	53.2	52.3
15-19	2.85	2.94	48.6	47.8
20-24	4.40	4.60	44.3	43.4
25-29	6.09	5.70	40.2	39.4
30-34	7.65	7.01	36.4	35.4
35-39	9.36	8.88	32.7	31.6
40-44	10.91	11.05	29.2	27.9
45-49	12.80	13.91	25.7	24.4
50-54	16.02	18.12	22.2	21.0
55-59	20.48	23.52	18.8	17.7
60-64	28.84	33.21	15.6	14.6
65-69	41.85	47.50	12.6	11.8
70-74	62.11	70.46	10.0	9.3
75-79	91.92	104.01	7.7	7.2
80-84	137.28	152.98	5.8	5.4
85-89	206.41	219.66	4.3	4.1
90-94	296.15	301.47	3.2	3.1
95-99	408.01	400.46	2.4	2.4
100+	538.59	512.69	1.9	2.0

Mortality in Congo by year

Mortality in Congo, 1993

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