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

Sierra Leone

2012

Life expectancy: 53.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 53.2 years in 2012: 54.1 for women and 52.2 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 86,552 people died; 19.8% of them were 65 or older and 42.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

53.2

Women

54.1

Men

52.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

148.4

Deaths

86,552

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

349

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

322

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	102.07	118.44	54.1	52.2
1-4	12.89	13.65	58.8	57.6
5-9	3.93	3.66	57.8	56.7
10-14	2.67	2.36	53.9	52.7
15-19	3.86	3.68	49.6	48.3
20-24	4.80	5.21	45.5	44.2
25-29	5.41	5.15	41.5	40.3
30-34	6.19	5.59	37.6	36.2
35-39	7.21	6.79	33.7	32.2
40-44	8.48	8.72	29.8	28.2
45-49	10.10	11.61	26.0	24.4
50-54	13.34	16.15	22.2	20.7
55-59	18.25	22.66	18.6	17.2
60-64	27.73	33.97	15.1	14.0
65-69	42.22	50.54	12.0	11.1
70-74	68.34	78.11	9.2	8.5
75-79	106.09	118.47	7.0	6.5
80-84	160.12	177.74	5.2	4.8
85-89	232.10	258.37	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.14	352.73	3.0	2.7
95-99	432.39	474.32	2.3	2.1
100+	557.29	600.67	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 2012

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