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

Rwanda

1962

Life expectancy: 47.8

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-5 -1 1962 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Rwanda was 47.8 years in 1962: 48.3 for women and 47.2 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 59,505 people died; 11.9% of them were 65 or older and 57.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

47.8

Women

48.3

Men

47.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

215.2

Deaths

59,505

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.7

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

352

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

353

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	123.03	143.25	48.3	47.2
1-4	27.59	29.44	53.5	53.3
5-9	6.52	6.66	55.5	55.6
10-14	4.03	3.73	52.2	52.5
15-19	4.54	4.18	48.2	48.4
20-24	5.88	5.71	44.3	44.4
25-29	7.00	6.12	40.5	40.6
30-34	7.83	6.73	36.9	36.8
35-39	8.78	7.87	33.3	32.9
40-44	9.77	9.38	29.6	29.1
45-49	10.93	11.53	26.0	25.4
50-54	13.93	15.22	22.3	21.8
55-59	18.31	20.07	18.7	18.3
60-64	27.49	29.35	15.3	15.0
65-69	42.11	43.84	12.2	11.9
70-74	66.98	68.33	9.4	9.2
75-79	102.35	105.67	7.2	7.0
80-84	151.50	159.45	5.5	5.2
85-89	219.50	233.65	4.1	3.9
90-94	303.22	322.15	3.1	3.0
95-99	405.42	430.52	2.4	2.3
100+	521.92	547.80	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Rwanda by year

Mortality in Rwanda, 1962

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