Mortality in Middle Africa, 2005

Middle Africa
2005
Life expectancy: 53.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 53.3 years in 2005: 54.8 for women and 51.8 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 1,553,216 people died; 15.9% of them were 65 or older and 44.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
53.3
Women
54.8
Men
51.8
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
89.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
141.1
Deaths
1,553,216
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
365
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
317
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005'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
086.83103.6254.851.8
1-414.0815.3558.756.4
5-95.195.2958.055.8
10-143.023.0454.452.2
15-193.613.9450.248.0
20-244.575.6946.143.9
25-295.546.2542.140.1
30-346.466.9738.236.3
35-397.538.1634.432.5
40-448.749.9530.628.7
45-499.9912.2926.925.1
50-5412.8516.2423.121.5
55-5916.9821.1619.518.1
60-6425.1130.4316.014.8
65-6938.5344.8212.811.9
70-7460.4668.749.99.2
75-7992.98104.877.67.0
80-84142.91159.255.65.2
85-89212.30236.624.23.8
90-94310.03340.783.12.8
95-99422.18452.152.32.2
100+551.45577.201.81.7