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

Mortality in Malawi, 2014

Malawi
2014
Life expectancy: 61.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 61.7 years in 2014: 64.5 for women and 58.8 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 134,322 people died; 30.5% of them were 65 or older and 27.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
61.7
Women
64.5
Men
58.8
Life expectancy at 65
13.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
44.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
60.8
Deaths
134,322
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
367
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
262
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014'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
041.0251.7664.558.8
1-43.934.5766.260.9
5-91.171.4563.258.0
10-140.941.2058.553.4
15-191.552.1853.848.7
20-242.313.5349.244.2
25-293.134.6444.739.9
30-344.096.0740.435.8
35-395.378.1036.231.8
40-446.8910.5332.128.0
45-498.9513.7928.124.4
50-5412.0518.3424.321.0
55-5916.3024.2020.717.7
60-6423.7334.1117.214.7
65-6934.6647.5414.011.9
70-7450.8867.9011.29.5
75-7974.9399.448.87.3
80-84112.40147.766.65.5
85-89173.55216.774.94.1
90-94253.40301.023.63.1
95-99354.85404.352.72.4
100+474.61519.402.11.9