Mortality in Sierra Leone, 2001

Sierra Leone
2001
Life expectancy: 45.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 45.4 years in 2001: 46.6 for women and 44.3 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 89,895 people died; 15.2% of them were 65 or older and 49.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
45.4
Women
46.6
Men
44.3
Life expectancy at 65
11.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
139.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
219.3
Deaths
89,895
Deaths per 1,000 people
19.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
437
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
387
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0143.10164.8046.644.3
1-424.5525.3952.650.9
5-96.496.0953.752.1
10-144.113.6050.448.7
15-195.625.3646.444.5
20-246.998.2242.740.6
25-297.768.3539.137.2
30-348.668.9135.633.7
35-399.6410.3132.030.1
40-4410.8012.4528.526.6
45-4912.0515.2924.923.1
50-5415.5019.8021.319.8
55-5920.7025.9217.816.6
60-6431.3437.3814.513.5
65-6946.5453.8111.510.8
70-7473.9582.148.98.3
75-79111.76122.586.86.3
80-84166.20183.095.14.7
85-89237.04261.273.93.5
90-94322.69352.962.92.7
95-99435.20475.212.32.1
100+558.47602.271.81.7