Life expectancy at birth in Liberia is projected at 62.8 years in 2027: 64.1 for women and 61.4 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 47,100 people are projected to die; 30.8% of them would be 65 or older and 25.1% 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).

Key indicators, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

62.8

Women

64.1

Men

61.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.3

Deaths

47,100

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

281

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

236

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.

Death rate by age, 2027

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	48.95	60.76	64.1	61.4
1-4	3.69	4.11	66.3	64.2
5-9	1.16	1.33	63.3	61.2
10-14	0.92	1.06	58.6	56.6
15-19	1.44	1.87	53.9	51.9
20-24	2.00	2.77	49.3	47.4
25-29	2.55	3.21	44.7	43.0
30-34	3.28	3.89	40.3	38.6
35-39	4.35	5.05	35.9	34.3
40-44	5.81	6.80	31.6	30.2
45-49	7.84	9.46	27.5	26.1
50-54	11.03	13.61	23.5	22.2
55-59	15.49	19.33	19.7	18.6
60-64	23.32	28.85	16.0	15.3
65-69	36.59	42.74	12.7	12.2
70-74	60.47	64.75	9.7	9.6
75-79	97.56	99.16	7.3	7.3
80-84	151.70	150.97	5.4	5.4
85-89	227.77	224.71	3.9	4.0
90-94	325.77	315.80	2.9	3.0
95-99	446.38	427.12	2.2	2.3
100+	563.25	557.32	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2027

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