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

Middle Africa

1958

Life expectancy: 39.7

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

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-5 -1 1958 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 39.7 years in 1958: 41.1 for women and 38.3 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 760,587 people died; 12.4% of them were 65 or older and 52.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

39.7

Women

41.1

Men

38.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

162.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

288.8

Deaths

760,587

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.5

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

468

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

411

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	169.15	197.05	41.1	38.3
1-4	40.46	42.64	47.4	45.3
5-9	10.60	10.63	51.3	49.2
10-14	5.85	5.54	49.0	46.8
15-19	6.15	6.41	45.4	43.1
20-24	7.38	9.30	41.7	39.4
25-29	8.61	9.98	38.2	36.1
30-34	9.69	10.67	34.7	32.8
35-39	10.87	12.00	31.3	29.5
40-44	11.96	13.98	27.9	26.2
45-49	13.04	16.49	24.5	22.9
50-54	16.27	20.65	21.0	19.6
55-59	21.73	26.47	17.6	16.5
60-64	32.18	37.13	14.3	13.5
65-69	48.72	53.78	11.3	10.7
70-74	75.49	82.14	8.8	8.3
75-79	113.24	124.12	6.7	6.2
80-84	168.95	186.46	5.0	4.6
85-89	244.14	274.98	3.7	3.4
90-94	348.91	396.35	2.8	2.5
95-99	452.64	500.98	2.2	2.0
100+	572.15	605.36	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 1958

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