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

Mortality in Malawi, 1999

Malawi
1999
Life expectancy: 45.1
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 45.1 years in 1999: 46.6 for women and 43.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 206,123 people died; 14.0% of them were 65 or older and 42.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
45.1
Women
46.6
Men
43.5
Life expectancy at 65
11.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
110.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
178.5
Deaths
206,123
Deaths per 1,000 people
18.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
554
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
496
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999'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
0110.08128.9746.643.5
1-419.4020.9050.948.3
5-94.885.5150.948.4
10-143.483.7447.144.6
15-194.865.2642.840.4
20-247.478.4438.836.5
25-2910.3411.0635.232.9
30-3412.6613.8531.929.6
35-3914.9517.1728.926.6
40-4416.6720.0725.923.7
45-4918.6723.3422.921.0
50-5422.7228.0719.918.3
55-5928.3633.8317.015.6
60-6439.4445.4614.213.1
65-6954.0960.3211.810.8
70-7471.3980.749.78.7
75-7993.14111.137.96.9
80-84128.07158.996.15.2
85-89191.91232.244.53.9
90-94272.44320.063.43.0
95-99372.79427.362.62.3
100+488.97544.312.11.8