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Mortality in Malawi, 2038

Malawi
2038
Life expectancy: 69.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi is projected at 69.9 years in 2038: 73.2 for women and 66.6 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 148,157 people are projected to die; 35.2% of them would be 65 or older and 14.2% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Life expectancy at birth
69.9
Women
73.2
Men
66.6
Life expectancy at 65
14.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
20.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
27.5
Deaths
148,157
Deaths per 1,000 people
4.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
239
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
137
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2038'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
016.7425.0373.266.6
1-41.502.0873.467.2
5-90.520.7869.963.8
10-140.410.6465.059.0
15-190.631.2260.254.2
20-240.871.9055.449.5
25-291.112.3250.645.0
30-341.462.9745.940.5
35-392.044.0341.236.0
40-442.955.6236.631.7
45-494.288.0332.127.5
50-546.4711.7527.723.5
55-599.5516.7923.519.8
60-6415.0725.1119.616.3
65-6923.7237.2615.913.2
70-7438.1956.6912.610.3
75-7961.1287.139.77.9
80-8497.81133.307.26.0
85-89155.46198.755.34.4
90-94233.65281.283.93.3
95-99335.60383.812.92.5
100+450.67519.992.21.9