Life expectancy at birth in Liberia is projected at 62.9 years in 2028: 64.3 for women and 61.5 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 47,972 people are projected to die; 31.1% of them would be 65 or older and 24.6% 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, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

64.3

Men

61.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.5

Deaths

47,972

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

280

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

234

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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	48.13	60.08	64.3	61.5
1-4	3.65	4.09	66.4	64.3
5-9	1.15	1.33	63.4	61.3
10-14	0.91	1.05	58.7	56.7
15-19	1.42	1.85	54.0	52.0
20-24	1.97	2.75	49.3	47.4
25-29	2.52	3.18	44.8	43.1
30-34	3.24	3.86	40.3	38.7
35-39	4.30	5.01	36.0	34.4
40-44	5.74	6.75	31.7	30.2
45-49	7.76	9.39	27.5	26.2
50-54	10.93	13.52	23.5	22.3
55-59	15.37	19.21	19.7	18.7
60-64	23.17	28.70	16.1	15.3
65-69	36.39	42.55	12.7	12.3
70-74	60.18	64.52	9.8	9.6
75-79	97.15	98.85	7.3	7.3
80-84	151.19	150.60	5.4	5.4
85-89	227.14	224.29	4.0	4.0
90-94	325.06	315.42	2.9	3.0
95-99	445.60	426.78	2.2	2.3
100+	562.59	557.07	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2028

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