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

Mortality in Congo, 2027

Congo
2027
Life expectancy: 66.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Congo is projected at 66.6 years in 2027: 68.4 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 41,736 people are projected to die; 32.5% of them would be 65 or older and 17.2% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Life expectancy at birth
66.6
Women
68.4
Men
64.9
Life expectancy at 65
13.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
26.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
36.1
Deaths
41,736
Deaths per 1,000 people
6.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
261
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
203
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027'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
023.2630.0268.464.9
1-42.562.6069.065.9
5-90.760.8765.762.5
10-140.610.7360.957.8
15-191.021.3856.153.0
20-241.522.1551.448.3
25-292.092.6746.843.8
30-342.783.4342.239.4
35-393.774.6537.835.0
40-445.026.3833.530.8
45-496.768.9529.226.7
50-549.4012.8125.222.8
55-5913.0418.0621.219.1
60-6419.3726.6817.515.7
65-6930.0740.1414.012.6
70-7449.1662.7310.99.8
75-7979.9195.918.27.5
80-84128.02143.716.05.7
85-89198.23206.354.44.3
90-94292.40285.793.23.3
95-99411.70381.352.42.5
100+513.82522.602.01.9