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Mortality in Kenya, 1954

Kenya
1954
Life expectancy: 41.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 41.0 years in 1954: 42.9 for women and 39.4 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 160,638 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 52.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
41.0
Women
42.9
Men
39.4
Life expectancy at 65
11.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
138.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
266.5
Deaths
160,638
Deaths per 1,000 people
25.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
484
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
403
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954'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
0141.98163.5042.939.4
1-440.3742.1248.245.1
5-99.159.4352.349.0
10-145.415.2849.646.2
15-195.786.5645.942.4
20-247.4410.2142.238.7
25-298.7911.2138.735.6
30-349.6611.9935.332.5
35-3910.6313.3231.929.4
40-4411.6214.8528.526.2
45-4912.6617.0625.123.1
50-5415.9020.9421.519.9
55-5920.6826.1118.116.8
60-6430.9236.3914.813.8
65-6946.2952.2111.911.1
70-7470.3778.139.38.6
75-79103.31116.137.26.6
80-84150.16170.005.55.0
85-89218.56244.394.13.8
90-94302.91332.233.12.9
95-99406.47438.512.42.2
100+524.44553.041.91.8