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

Mali

1973

Life expectancy: 35.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1973 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mali was 35.1 years in 1973: 36.3 for women and 33.9 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 197,041 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 59.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

35.1

Women

36.3

Men

33.9

Life expectancy at 65

9.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

364.0

Deaths

197,041

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.9

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

490

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

419

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	167.99	192.02	36.3	33.9
1-4	71.50	73.35	41.7	39.8
5-9	9.20	9.24	50.5	48.3
10-14	5.03	4.56	47.7	45.5
15-19	7.03	6.91	43.9	41.5
20-24	8.83	10.54	40.4	37.9
25-29	9.62	10.50	37.1	34.8
30-34	9.99	10.65	33.8	31.5
35-39	10.74	11.86	30.4	28.1
40-44	11.26	14.30	26.9	24.7
45-49	12.27	17.13	23.3	21.3
50-54	16.30	22.33	19.6	18.0
55-59	22.56	30.19	16.1	14.8
60-64	37.12	45.04	12.7	11.8
65-69	58.29	66.88	9.8	9.2
70-74	95.81	105.69	7.3	6.8
75-79	153.47	166.38	5.2	5.0
80-84	242.89	257.56	3.7	3.5
85-89	371.17	400.18	2.6	2.4
90-94	511.57	553.50	1.9	1.8
95-99	655.67	703.18	1.5	1.4
100+	790.45	844.95	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Mali by year

Mortality in Mali, 1973

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