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

Middle Africa

2046

Life expectancy: 65.7

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa is projected at 65.7 years in 2046: 68.2 for women and 63.3 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 2,573,226 people are projected to die; 32.3% of them would be 65 or older and 22.2% 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, 2046

Life expectancy at birth

65.7

Women

68.2

Men

63.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.5

Deaths

2,573,226

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

250

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

178

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2046's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2046

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	30.94	42.94	68.3	63.3
1-4	3.80	4.88	69.4	65.0
5-9	1.81	2.38	66.4	62.3
10-14	1.11	1.47	62.0	58.0
15-19	1.44	2.18	57.3	53.4
20-24	1.85	3.18	52.7	49.0
25-29	2.20	3.42	48.2	44.7
30-34	2.61	3.84	43.7	40.4
35-39	3.20	4.58	39.2	36.2
40-44	4.21	5.92	34.8	31.9
45-49	5.32	7.79	30.5	27.8
50-54	7.58	11.15	26.3	23.8
55-59	10.66	15.37	22.2	20.0
60-64	16.76	23.29	18.2	16.4
65-69	27.22	35.74	14.6	13.1
70-74	45.25	56.33	11.4	10.2
75-79	73.71	88.54	8.6	7.7
80-84	119.64	138.28	6.3	5.7
85-89	185.03	211.92	4.6	4.2
90-94	274.19	316.66	3.4	3.0
95-99	394.89	433.13	2.5	2.3
100+	520.86	555.25	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 2046

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