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Mortality in Malawi, 1963

Malawi
1963
Life expectancy: 35.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 35.6 years in 1963: 37.1 for women and 34.1 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 116,167 people died; 8.3% of them were 65 or older and 63.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
35.6
Women
37.1
Men
34.1
Life expectancy at 65
11.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
175.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
359.9
Deaths
116,167
Deaths per 1,000 people
29.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
437
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
385
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963'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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0184.27215.7937.234.1
1-462.3368.7943.440.9
5-913.6714.2450.848.9
10-147.427.1249.347.4
15-196.916.9646.044.0
20-248.089.2442.540.5
25-298.819.4939.237.3
30-349.149.8935.934.0
35-399.6510.9532.430.6
40-4410.3412.3328.927.1
45-4911.1014.3525.323.7
50-5414.1718.2521.620.3
55-5918.8223.2918.017.0
60-6429.1833.6514.513.8
65-6945.9950.6911.410.8
70-7476.0281.138.78.2
75-79117.76127.526.66.1
80-84172.20191.575.04.5
85-89241.94275.743.83.4
90-94322.96372.083.02.6
95-99420.21488.302.32.0
100+527.79608.831.91.6