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

Mauritania

2041

Life expectancy: 72.0

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Mauritania is projected at 72.0 years in 2041: 74.3 for women and 69.6 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 36,119 people are projected to die; 48.4% of them would be 65 or older and 12.3% 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).

Key indicators, 2041

Life expectancy at birth

72.0

Women

74.3

Men

69.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

16.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.7

Deaths

36,119

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.6

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

171

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

117

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2041's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2041

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	12.89	20.49	74.3	69.6
1-4	0.89	1.27	74.2	70.1
5-9	0.37	0.55	70.5	66.4
10-14	0.32	0.46	65.6	61.6
15-19	0.56	1.02	60.7	56.7
20-24	0.74	1.42	55.9	52.0
25-29	0.90	1.42	51.1	47.3
30-34	1.16	1.62	46.3	42.7
35-39	1.63	2.15	41.5	38.0
40-44	2.41	3.17	36.9	33.4
45-49	3.63	5.03	32.3	28.9
50-54	5.55	8.27	27.8	24.5
55-59	8.38	13.33	23.5	20.5
60-64	13.41	21.70	19.4	16.7
65-69	22.23	34.67	15.6	13.3
70-74	38.38	55.11	12.1	10.3
75-79	65.73	87.46	9.1	7.8
80-84	108.75	135.75	6.7	5.8
85-89	173.14	209.72	4.9	4.2
90-94	259.64	303.80	3.5	3.1
95-99	374.41	420.27	2.6	2.3
100+	500.30	556.89	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Mauritania by year

Mortality in Mauritania, 2041

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