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

Senegal

1957

Life expectancy: 39.1

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

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-5 -1 1957 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Senegal was 39.1 years in 1957: 39.6 for women and 38.6 for men, a gap of 1.0 years. 78,897 people died; 11.5% of them were 65 or older and 58.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

39.1

Women

39.6

Men

38.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

306.7

Deaths

78,897

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.7

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

451

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

409

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	129.61	147.17	39.6	38.6
1-4	60.01	59.54	44.0	43.5
5-9	8.83	7.85	51.1	50.4
10-14	4.76	3.97	48.3	47.4
15-19	6.75	6.01	44.4	43.3
20-24	8.48	9.18	40.8	39.5
25-29	9.25	9.13	37.5	36.2
30-34	9.60	9.35	34.2	32.8
35-39	10.35	10.46	30.7	29.3
40-44	10.88	12.69	27.2	25.7
45-49	11.89	15.34	23.6	22.2
50-54	15.81	20.17	19.9	18.8
55-59	21.90	27.44	16.3	15.5
60-64	36.01	40.98	12.9	12.4
65-69	56.64	61.01	9.9	9.7
70-74	93.26	96.79	7.4	7.2
75-79	149.72	153.39	5.3	5.3
80-84	237.64	239.18	3.8	3.7
85-89	364.59	375.99	2.6	2.6
90-94	504.63	525.66	2.0	1.9
95-99	650.12	678.25	1.5	1.5
100+	789.27	805.93	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Senegal by year

Mortality in Senegal, 1957

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