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

Sierra Leone

2031

Life expectancy: 63.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone is projected at 63.2 years in 2031: 65.0 for women and 61.3 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 76,862 people are projected to die; 31.4% of them would be 65 or older and 29.3% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2031

Life expectancy at birth

63.2

Women

65.0

Men

61.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

85.6

Deaths

76,862

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

231

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

185

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2031

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	58.85	72.70	65.0	61.4
1-4	5.83	6.59	67.9	64.9
5-9	1.44	1.79	65.5	62.6
10-14	0.96	1.25	60.9	58.1
15-19	1.34	2.05	56.2	53.5
20-24	1.67	2.68	51.5	49.0
25-29	1.97	2.54	47.0	44.6
30-34	2.45	2.76	42.4	40.2
35-39	3.18	3.47	37.9	35.7
40-44	4.24	4.77	33.5	31.3
45-49	5.72	6.99	29.1	26.9
50-54	8.24	10.71	24.9	22.8
55-59	11.93	16.46	20.8	18.9
60-64	19.32	26.17	16.9	15.3
65-69	31.53	41.21	13.4	12.1
70-74	54.32	66.13	10.2	9.3
75-79	89.91	104.40	7.7	7.0
80-84	141.86	160.96	5.7	5.1
85-89	215.04	243.92	4.1	3.7
90-94	304.91	342.18	3.1	2.8
95-99	422.97	463.93	2.3	2.1
100+	547.35	586.92	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 2031

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