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

Malawi

1962

Life expectancy: 35.4

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-5 -1 1962 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 35.4 years in 1962: 37.0 for women and 33.9 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 113,747 people died; 8.4% of them were 65 or older and 63.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

35.4

Women

37.0

Men

33.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

175.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

361.8

Deaths

113,747

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.9

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

440

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

386

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	184.77	216.56	37.0	33.9
1-4	62.86	69.47	43.2	40.7
5-9	13.77	14.39	50.7	48.8
10-14	7.47	7.20	49.2	47.2
15-19	6.94	7.03	45.9	43.9
20-24	8.12	9.34	42.5	40.3
25-29	8.84	9.61	39.1	37.1
30-34	9.18	10.02	35.8	33.8
35-39	9.69	11.09	32.3	30.5
40-44	10.38	12.47	28.8	27.1
45-49	11.15	14.50	25.2	23.6
50-54	14.25	18.41	21.5	20.2
55-59	18.92	23.47	17.9	16.9
60-64	29.35	33.88	14.5	13.7
65-69	46.27	51.02	11.3	10.8
70-74	76.54	81.68	8.6	8.2
75-79	118.59	128.42	6.5	6.1
80-84	173.34	192.83	5.0	4.5
85-89	243.30	277.28	3.8	3.4
90-94	324.42	373.76	2.9	2.6
95-99	421.74	490.07	2.3	2.0
100+	529.21	610.54	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Malawi by year

Mortality in Malawi, 1962

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