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

Mortality in Congo, 2011

Congo
2011
Life expectancy: 62.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 62.3 years in 2011: 63.6 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 36,655 people died; 25.1% of them were 65 or older and 28.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
62.3
Women
63.6
Men
61.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
41.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
60.5
Deaths
36,655
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
308
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
269
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011'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
038.9947.5463.661.0
1-44.745.1665.162.9
5-91.361.5462.360.2
10-141.071.1857.755.6
15-191.701.9753.050.9
20-242.543.0448.546.4
25-293.453.7844.042.1
30-344.454.7739.837.8
35-395.736.2635.633.7
40-447.198.1831.629.7
45-499.1110.8527.625.8
50-5412.1014.7823.822.1
55-5916.1919.9720.118.6
60-6423.4928.8316.615.3
65-6935.3242.5313.312.3
70-7455.1265.5610.49.6
75-7985.6999.477.97.3
80-84132.80148.355.95.6
85-89202.90212.544.34.2
90-94295.56292.683.23.2
95-99411.99389.162.42.5
100+548.79500.581.82.0