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

Sierra Leone

1988

Life expectancy: 43.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 43.8 years in 1988: 45.2 for women and 42.3 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 86,220 people died; 14.9% of them were 65 or older and 54.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

43.8

Women

45.2

Men

42.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

159.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

264.6

Deaths

86,220

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.9

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

404

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

354

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	165.69	192.13	45.2	42.3
1-4	33.46	35.58	52.1	49.9
5-9	6.61	7.01	55.2	53.1
10-14	3.85	3.96	52.0	49.9
15-19	4.81	5.19	47.9	45.9
20-24	5.96	7.54	44.0	42.0
25-29	6.68	7.50	40.3	38.5
30-34	7.59	7.95	36.6	34.9
35-39	8.53	9.22	32.9	31.2
40-44	9.71	11.15	29.2	27.6
45-49	10.83	13.66	25.5	24.0
50-54	14.16	17.79	21.8	20.5
55-59	18.99	23.33	18.2	17.2
60-64	29.65	34.02	14.8	14.0
65-69	44.54	49.59	11.7	11.1
70-74	71.89	77.38	9.0	8.6
75-79	109.31	117.48	6.9	6.5
80-84	163.59	178.59	5.2	4.8
85-89	234.63	258.17	3.9	3.6
90-94	320.48	350.93	3.0	2.7
95-99	435.07	475.38	2.3	2.1
100+	557.79	602.92	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 1988

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