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

Rwanda

1976

Life expectancy: 45.3

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-5 -1 1976 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Rwanda was 45.3 years in 1976: 45.7 for women and 44.9 for men, a gap of 0.8 years. 94,977 people died; 10.6% of them were 65 or older and 59.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

45.3

Women

45.7

Men

44.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

132.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

242.6

Deaths

94,977

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.0

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

364

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

368

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	135.17	156.13	45.7	44.9
1-4	33.80	35.48	51.1	51.2
5-9	7.82	7.83	54.2	54.6
10-14	4.70	4.26	51.2	51.7
15-19	5.09	4.61	47.4	47.8
20-24	6.50	6.25	43.6	43.9
25-29	7.64	6.62	39.9	40.2
30-34	8.42	7.17	36.4	36.4
35-39	9.30	8.28	32.8	32.7
40-44	10.24	9.74	29.3	28.9
45-49	11.31	11.83	25.7	25.3
50-54	14.37	15.50	22.0	21.6
55-59	18.87	20.32	18.5	18.2
60-64	28.43	29.68	15.1	14.9
65-69	43.57	44.35	12.0	11.8
70-74	69.27	69.28	9.3	9.1
75-79	105.37	107.33	7.1	6.9
80-84	154.91	162.00	5.4	5.2
85-89	222.89	237.43	4.1	3.8
90-94	305.64	326.97	3.1	2.9
95-99	406.29	436.62	2.4	2.2
100+	520.48	554.57	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Rwanda by year

Mortality in Rwanda, 1976

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