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

Sierra Leone

2034

Life expectancy: 63.7

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

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-5 -1 2034 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone is projected at 63.7 years in 2034: 65.5 for women and 61.8 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 80,086 people are projected to die; 33.2% of them would be 65 or older and 27.0% 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, 2034

Life expectancy at birth

63.7

Women

65.5

Men

61.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.6

Deaths

80,086

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

227

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

180

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2034's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2034

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	55.48	69.50	65.5	61.8
1-4	5.52	6.33	68.2	65.2
5-9	1.37	1.74	65.7	62.8
10-14	0.91	1.21	61.1	58.3
15-19	1.28	1.98	56.4	53.7
20-24	1.60	2.60	51.8	49.2
25-29	1.90	2.48	47.2	44.8
30-34	2.36	2.70	42.6	40.3
35-39	3.07	3.40	38.1	35.8
40-44	4.12	4.68	33.6	31.4
45-49	5.57	6.86	29.2	27.1
50-54	8.07	10.54	25.0	22.9
55-59	11.73	16.21	20.9	19.0
60-64	19.04	25.82	17.0	15.4
65-69	31.14	40.72	13.5	12.2
70-74	53.71	65.41	10.3	9.3
75-79	89.01	103.40	7.7	7.0
80-84	140.71	159.65	5.7	5.2
85-89	213.59	242.27	4.2	3.8
90-94	303.38	340.49	3.1	2.8
95-99	421.29	462.19	2.3	2.1
100+	545.91	585.62	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 2034

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