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

Middle Africa

2038

Life expectancy: 64.6

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 Middle Africa is projected at 64.6 years in 2038: 67.0 for women and 62.2 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 2,221,427 people are projected to die; 28.7% of them would be 65 or older and 26.2% 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).

Key indicators, 2038

Life expectancy at birth

64.6

Women

67.0

Men

62.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.6

Deaths

2,221,427

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.1

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

263

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

191

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.

Death rate by age, 2038

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	35.58	47.24	67.0	62.2
1-4	4.40	5.37	68.3	64.2
5-9	2.12	2.65	65.5	61.5
10-14	1.28	1.63	61.2	57.3
15-19	1.64	2.36	56.6	52.8
20-24	2.07	3.43	52.0	48.4
25-29	2.48	3.71	47.5	44.1
30-34	2.94	4.17	43.1	39.9
35-39	3.60	4.98	38.7	35.7
40-44	4.62	6.33	34.4	31.5
45-49	5.70	8.22	30.1	27.5
50-54	8.03	11.66	25.9	23.5
55-59	11.26	16.06	21.8	19.8
60-64	17.63	24.20	18.0	16.2
65-69	28.41	36.85	14.4	13.0
70-74	46.85	57.77	11.2	10.1
75-79	75.90	90.50	8.5	7.6
80-84	122.67	140.89	6.2	5.6
85-89	189.05	215.31	4.6	4.1
90-94	278.87	321.41	3.3	3.0
95-99	400.78	436.79	2.4	2.2
100+	525.73	556.11	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 2038

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