Mortality in Sierra Leone, 2005

Sierra Leone
2005
Life expectancy: 48.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 48.3 years in 2005: 49.2 for women and 47.4 for men, a gap of 1.8 years. 93,670 people died; 16.5% of them were 65 or older and 47.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
48.3
Women
49.2
Men
47.4
Life expectancy at 65
11.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
127.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
195.1
Deaths
93,670
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
394
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
362
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005'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
0130.12149.4849.247.4
1-420.1920.8154.853.8
5-95.515.1255.354.3
10-143.553.1051.750.6
15-194.924.5547.646.4
20-246.116.6543.742.4
25-296.826.6840.038.7
30-347.697.2136.335.0
35-398.688.5632.631.2
40-449.9010.6329.027.4
45-4911.2913.4925.323.8
50-5414.6718.0121.620.2
55-5919.7724.2218.116.9
60-6430.0535.5314.713.8
65-6945.0551.8911.710.9
70-7472.1279.809.08.4
75-79110.03120.076.86.4
80-84164.42179.855.14.8
85-89235.73258.553.93.6
90-94321.85350.633.02.7
95-99434.67471.922.32.1
100+558.41597.691.81.7