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

Rwanda

1995

Life expectancy: 41.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Rwanda was 41.5 years in 1995: 43.7 for women and 39.2 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 103,089 people died; 9.2% of them were 65 or older and 47.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

41.5

Women

43.7

Men

39.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

120.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

212.0

Deaths

103,089

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.2

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

609

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

493

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	122.10	141.12	43.7	39.2
1-4	27.19	28.50	48.2	43.9
5-9	6.69	7.34	49.5	45.0
10-14	4.36	4.78	46.2	41.6
15-19	5.52	6.86	42.1	37.5
20-24	8.07	11.29	38.2	33.8
25-29	10.69	14.25	34.7	30.6
30-34	12.66	17.03	31.5	27.6
35-39	14.61	20.43	28.3	24.9
40-44	16.18	23.19	25.3	22.3
45-49	17.98	26.32	22.2	19.7
50-54	22.01	31.05	19.1	17.1
55-59	27.78	36.89	16.0	14.6
60-64	39.45	48.99	13.0	12.0
65-69	58.12	67.07	10.3	9.7
70-74	88.92	96.64	8.0	7.6
75-79	131.48	138.44	6.1	5.9
80-84	189.46	197.61	4.6	4.5
85-89	267.98	273.54	3.5	3.4
90-94	364.32	361.39	2.6	2.7
95-99	478.64	466.46	2.1	2.1
100+	605.69	584.22	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Rwanda by year

Mortality in Rwanda, 1995

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