Mortality in Madagascar, 2026

Madagascar
2026
Life expectancy: 64.3
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Madagascar is projected at 64.3 years in 2026: 66.1 for women and 62.5 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 246,621 people are projected to die; 27.7% of them would be 65 or older and 25.7% 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
64.3
Women
66.1
Men
62.5
Life expectancy at 65
14.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
42.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
62.0
Deaths
246,621
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
252
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
200
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2026'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
039.4248.7666.162.5
1-44.705.5267.764.6
5-92.522.8564.962.0
10-141.521.7260.757.8
15-191.972.6356.253.3
20-242.503.8051.749.0
25-292.943.9747.344.9
30-343.334.2943.040.7
35-393.874.8138.736.5
40-444.925.9434.432.4
45-495.867.4930.128.3
50-548.1910.7726.024.3
55-5911.1414.4221.920.5
60-6417.3221.9618.116.8
65-6928.0133.7814.513.4
70-7446.0753.2111.210.4
75-7974.8784.928.57.9
80-84122.37135.066.25.8
85-89188.72212.364.54.1
90-94279.63333.353.32.9
95-99413.01470.182.42.1
100+553.01595.491.81.7