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

Mortality in Malawi, 2007

Malawi
2007
Life expectancy: 54.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 54.7 years in 2007: 56.3 for women and 53.0 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 177,211 people died; 28.7% of them were 65 or older and 31.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
54.7
Women
56.3
Men
53.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
68.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
98.3
Deaths
177,211
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
447
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
392
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007'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
065.0278.5256.353.0
1-47.848.6859.156.2
5-92.142.5456.954.1
10-141.701.9352.549.8
15-192.783.1447.945.3
20-244.495.1143.540.9
25-296.516.8139.536.9
30-348.408.8435.733.1
35-3910.4411.5032.129.5
40-4412.2114.3028.726.1
45-4914.3817.7525.322.8
50-5417.8022.4922.019.7
55-5922.4528.3918.816.8
60-6430.9539.0415.814.0
65-6943.1152.9913.011.4
70-7459.4773.3110.59.1
75-7982.69104.468.37.1
80-84119.37152.866.45.4
85-89181.75223.824.74.0
90-94261.94309.723.53.1
95-99362.96414.902.72.4
100+481.12530.842.11.9