Congo

2001

Life expectancy: 55.9

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 55.9 years in 2001: 56.4 for women and 55.3 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 36,494 people died; 21.1% of them were 65 or older and 34.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

55.9

Women

56.4

Men

55.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

106.6

Deaths

36,494

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.2

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

361

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

359

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	65.03	77.14	56.4	55.3
1-4	10.37	11.11	59.2	58.6
5-9	2.69	2.97	57.6	57.2
10-14	1.98	2.03	53.3	53.0
15-19	2.91	2.91	48.9	48.5
20-24	4.42	4.39	44.5	44.2
25-29	6.06	5.33	40.5	40.1
30-34	7.55	6.49	36.6	36.2
35-39	9.18	8.19	32.9	32.3
40-44	10.65	10.20	29.4	28.5
45-49	12.46	12.89	25.8	24.9
50-54	15.66	16.95	22.3	21.3
55-59	20.10	22.18	19.0	18.0
60-64	28.53	31.64	15.7	14.8
65-69	41.42	45.89	12.7	11.9
70-74	61.17	69.02	10.1	9.4
75-79	90.18	102.47	7.8	7.2
80-84	135.22	150.77	5.8	5.5
85-89	204.75	216.23	4.3	4.2
90-94	295.75	297.18	3.2	3.2
95-99	409.57	394.87	2.4	2.5
100+	542.83	506.56	1.8	2.0

Mortality in Congo by year

Mortality in Congo, 2001

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