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

Sierra Leone

1962

Life expectancy: 34.2

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-5 -1 1962 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 34.2 years in 1962: 35.7 for women and 32.7 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 71,084 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 59.1% 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

34.2

Women

35.7

Men

32.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

201.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

382.6

Deaths

71,084

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.3

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

479

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

420

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	216.78	251.23	35.7	32.7
1-4	64.29	69.51	42.9	40.4
5-9	10.83	11.45	50.6	48.4
10-14	5.93	5.93	48.3	46.1
15-19	6.97	7.07	44.7	42.5
20-24	8.63	10.76	41.2	38.9
25-29	9.51	10.93	37.9	35.9
30-34	10.53	11.48	34.6	32.8
35-39	11.27	12.82	31.4	29.6
40-44	12.18	14.74	28.0	26.4
45-49	12.67	16.79	24.6	23.2
50-54	16.12	20.54	21.1	20.0
55-59	21.10	25.27	17.7	16.9
60-64	32.79	35.73	14.3	13.8
65-69	47.84	50.73	11.4	11.0
70-74	75.52	78.94	8.8	8.5
75-79	111.54	118.93	6.8	6.4
80-84	165.10	181.74	5.1	4.7
85-89	233.98	260.08	3.9	3.6
90-94	318.06	351.98	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.88	480.10	2.3	2.1
100+	553.34	610.24	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 1962

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