Mortality in Malawi, 2001

Malawi
2001
Life expectancy: 47.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 47.2 years in 2001: 48.7 for women and 45.7 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 201,338 people died; 18.1% of them were 65 or older and 38.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
47.2
Women
48.7
Men
45.7
Life expectancy at 65
11.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
99.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
156.1
Deaths
201,338
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
537
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
482
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
098.23115.9048.745.7
1-415.7016.9552.750.1
5-93.974.5851.949.5
10-142.913.2147.945.6
15-194.264.7043.641.3
20-246.767.6339.537.2
25-299.6310.1335.833.6
30-3412.0312.8732.430.2
35-3914.4216.1729.227.0
40-4416.2019.1526.224.1
45-4918.2922.5323.221.2
50-5422.2227.3020.218.5
55-5927.6533.0917.315.8
60-6438.1444.5314.513.2
65-6952.1559.1112.010.9
70-7468.9479.299.98.8
75-7990.66109.628.06.9
80-84125.72157.416.25.3
85-89189.14230.064.63.9
90-94269.56317.413.43.0
95-99370.11424.192.62.3
100+486.83540.892.11.9