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

Mortality in Congo, 1998

Congo
1998
Life expectancy: 52.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 52.6 years in 1998: 54.6 for women and 50.6 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 38,316 people died; 19.3% 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.

Life expectancy at birth
52.6
Women
54.6
Men
50.6
Life expectancy at 65
11.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
71.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
115.5
Deaths
38,316
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
461
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
388
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
069.2081.5154.650.6
1-411.9012.5457.453.8
5-93.193.4456.152.4
10-142.232.4152.048.3
15-193.224.7547.543.9
20-244.948.7143.339.9
25-296.789.8639.336.5
30-348.4110.6035.633.2
35-3910.2112.0632.029.9
40-4411.8813.8828.526.6
45-4913.7816.5925.123.3
50-5417.1020.6621.720.1
55-5921.7326.2818.417.1
60-6430.5636.1115.314.1
65-6944.1250.9812.411.4
70-7464.4874.539.89.0
75-7993.23107.497.67.0
80-84139.22157.665.75.3
85-89211.16227.504.24.0
90-94306.63316.273.13.0
95-99427.18425.102.32.3
100+571.82546.421.81.8