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

Mozambique

1986

Life expectancy: 41.0

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

Year

-5 -1 1986 +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Life expectancy at birth in Mozambique was 41.0 years in 1986: 44.8 for women and 37.2 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 296,335 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 52.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

41.0

Women

44.8

Men

37.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

156.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

254.5

Deaths

296,335

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.2

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

576

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

378

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	163.51	186.69	44.8	37.2
1-4	31.07	31.97	51.4	43.5
5-9	7.48	7.52	53.9	45.2
10-14	4.58	4.56	50.9	41.8
15-19	5.13	8.86	47.0	37.7
20-24	6.53	17.17	43.2	34.3
25-29	7.54	17.99	39.5	32.1
30-34	8.34	17.43	35.9	29.9
35-39	9.44	17.56	32.4	27.4
40-44	10.80	18.37	28.8	24.7
45-49	12.02	20.39	25.3	21.9
50-54	15.22	23.97	21.7	19.0
55-59	19.90	29.78	18.2	16.0
60-64	29.61	40.02	14.8	13.2
65-69	45.12	56.50	11.8	10.6
70-74	71.11	83.33	9.1	8.3
75-79	107.79	122.80	7.0	6.3
80-84	158.59	184.48	5.3	4.7
85-89	229.20	272.07	4.0	3.4
90-94	314.84	376.74	3.0	2.6
95-99	418.90	504.97	2.3	2.0
100+	535.56	641.56	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Mozambique by year

Mortality in Mozambique, 1986

Year

Country