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

Malawi

1956

Life expectancy: 33.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 33.8 years in 1956: 35.5 for women and 32.2 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 101,544 people died; 8.7% of them were 65 or older and 61.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

33.8

Women

35.5

Men

32.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

179.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

375.2

Deaths

101,544

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.6

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

470

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

408

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	188.88	221.77	35.5	32.2
1-4	66.94	74.49	41.6	38.8
5-9	14.59	15.52	49.5	47.2
10-14	7.89	7.80	48.0	45.8
15-19	7.35	7.67	44.9	42.5
20-24	8.67	10.30	41.5	39.1
25-29	9.52	10.70	38.2	36.0
30-34	9.93	11.21	34.9	32.8
35-39	10.49	12.37	31.6	29.6
40-44	11.23	13.79	28.1	26.3
45-49	12.04	15.86	24.6	23.0
50-54	15.33	19.90	21.0	19.7
55-59	20.28	25.10	17.5	16.5
60-64	31.33	35.92	14.1	13.4
65-69	49.09	53.71	11.0	10.5
70-74	80.67	85.65	8.4	7.9
75-79	124.21	134.23	6.3	5.9
80-84	180.35	200.59	4.8	4.4
85-89	251.63	286.72	3.7	3.3
90-94	333.34	384.03	2.9	2.5
95-99	431.00	500.85	2.3	2.0
100+	537.98	620.85	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Malawi by year

Mortality in Malawi, 1956

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