Mozambique

2001

Life expectancy: 50.3

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

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-5 -1 2001 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mozambique was 50.3 years in 2001: 51.5 for women and 48.9 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 278,877 people died; 15.0% of them were 65 or older and 45.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

50.3

Women

51.5

Men

48.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

111.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

163.4

Deaths

278,877

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.0

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

429

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

372

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	113.51	128.50	51.5	48.9
1-4	15.09	15.23	56.5	54.4
5-9	3.98	4.09	55.9	53.7
10-14	2.78	2.77	52.0	49.8
15-19	3.69	3.92	47.7	45.4
20-24	5.13	5.92	43.5	41.3
25-29	6.50	7.13	39.6	37.4
30-34	7.74	8.56	35.8	33.7
35-39	9.19	10.59	32.1	30.1
40-44	10.71	12.90	28.5	26.5
45-49	12.57	15.95	24.9	23.1
50-54	16.14	20.57	21.4	19.9
55-59	21.16	26.47	18.0	16.7
60-64	30.90	37.32	14.7	13.7
65-69	46.16	52.78	11.7	11.1
70-74	71.29	77.33	9.1	8.6
75-79	107.14	115.46	7.0	6.6
80-84	156.76	172.17	5.3	4.9
85-89	226.88	251.83	4.0	3.7
90-94	312.08	346.22	3.0	2.8
95-99	415.75	460.90	2.4	2.1
100+	532.14	582.72	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Mozambique by year

Mortality in Mozambique, 2001

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