Mortality from 1950 to 2100

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

Mortality in Malawi, 1968

Malawi
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1968
Life expectancy: 36.1
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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 36.1 years in 1968: 37.6 for women and 34.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 129,475 people died; 8.3% of them were 65 or older and 62.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968
Life expectancy at birth
36.1
Women
37.6
Men
34.5
Life expectancy at 65
11.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
172.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
348.5
Deaths
129,475
Deaths per 1,000 people
29.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
453
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
398
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Death rate by age, 1968
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.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0180.50211.3337.634.5
1-458.8864.7943.841.3
5-912.9813.6650.648.6
10-147.166.9848.946.9
15-196.857.0145.643.5
20-248.189.4642.139.9
25-299.089.9038.736.7
30-349.5610.4635.433.5
35-3910.1811.6532.030.1
40-4410.9413.1128.626.8
45-4911.7915.2125.023.4
50-5415.0019.2021.420.1
55-5919.8324.3417.816.9
60-6430.5134.9114.413.7
65-6947.2551.6811.410.9
70-7475.8380.518.88.3
75-79114.91124.156.76.3
80-84166.61185.375.14.7
85-89235.26268.153.93.5
90-94315.75363.783.02.7
95-99412.68479.532.42.1
100+520.62600.421.91.7