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

Mortality in Congo, 2012

Congo
2012
Life expectancy: 62.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo was 62.7 years in 2012: 64.0 for women and 61.4 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 36,818 people died; 25.3% of them were 65 or older and 27.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
62.7
Women
64.0
Men
61.4
Life expectancy at 65
12.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
40.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
58.1
Deaths
36,818
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
304
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
264
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012'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
037.6545.9964.061.4
1-44.534.7865.463.2
5-91.291.4562.660.4
10-141.011.1358.055.8
15-191.631.9153.251.1
20-242.462.9448.746.6
25-293.373.6644.242.2
30-344.364.6239.938.0
35-395.646.0835.833.8
40-447.088.0031.729.7
45-498.9810.6827.825.9
50-5411.9014.6423.922.1
55-5915.9119.8920.218.6
60-6423.0528.7916.715.3
65-6934.7042.5313.412.3
70-7454.4365.5510.59.6
75-7985.1399.388.07.4
80-84132.54148.125.95.6
85-89202.69212.194.34.2
90-94295.51292.263.23.2
95-99412.22388.632.42.5
100+549.36500.001.82.0