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

Mortality in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014

Democratic Republic of the Congo
2014
Life expectancy: 58.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 58.2 years in 2014: 59.9 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 830,672 people died; 19.4% of them were 65 or older and 39.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
58.2
Women
59.9
Men
56.5
Life expectancy at 65
13.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
63.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
99.0
Deaths
830,672
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
315
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
262
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014'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
060.6773.6759.956.5
1-49.0710.1062.659.8
5-94.464.6860.958.2
10-142.542.6857.254.5
15-193.053.6452.950.2
20-243.735.2248.646.1
25-294.355.4744.542.2
30-344.955.8640.438.3
35-395.696.5736.434.4
40-446.817.9932.430.4
45-497.799.8328.426.6
50-5410.3513.4224.422.8
55-5913.9617.7020.619.2
60-6421.1626.0916.915.7
65-6933.4039.2513.512.6
70-7453.6961.1810.59.7
75-7984.9395.747.97.3
80-84135.30149.795.95.4
85-89203.86231.174.33.8
90-94295.61356.143.22.7
95-99428.14494.112.32.0
100+567.22644.001.81.6