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

Sierra Leone

2032

Life expectancy: 63.3

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

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-5 -1 2032 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone is projected at 63.3 years in 2032: 65.2 for women and 61.5 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 77,942 people are projected to die; 32.0% of them would be 65 or older and 28.5% 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, 2032

Life expectancy at birth

63.3

Women

65.2

Men

61.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

84.3

Deaths

77,942

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

230

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2032's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2032

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	57.74	71.64	65.2	61.5
1-4	5.73	6.50	68.0	65.0
5-9	1.42	1.78	65.5	62.6
10-14	0.94	1.23	61.0	58.2
15-19	1.32	2.03	56.3	53.5
20-24	1.65	2.65	51.6	49.0
25-29	1.95	2.52	47.0	44.7
30-34	2.42	2.74	42.5	40.2
35-39	3.14	3.45	37.9	35.7
40-44	4.20	4.74	33.5	31.3
45-49	5.68	6.95	29.2	27.0
50-54	8.19	10.66	24.9	22.8
55-59	11.87	16.38	20.9	19.0
60-64	19.24	26.06	17.0	15.3
65-69	31.42	41.06	13.4	12.1
70-74	54.14	65.91	10.3	9.3
75-79	89.66	104.10	7.7	7.0
80-84	141.55	160.57	5.7	5.1
85-89	214.67	243.45	4.1	3.7
90-94	304.56	341.72	3.1	2.8
95-99	422.63	463.49	2.3	2.1
100+	547.14	586.65	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 2032

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