Mortality in Somalia, 2001

Somalia
2001
Life expectancy: 50.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Somalia was 50.8 years in 2001: 52.3 for women and 49.4 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 144,303 people died; 12.1% of them were 65 or older and 53.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
50.8
Women
52.3
Men
49.4
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
104.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
171.7
Deaths
144,303
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
369
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
316
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0103.49119.9152.349.4
1-419.5819.9656.854.5
5-96.566.7657.354.9
10-143.673.6254.151.7
15-194.104.5450.147.6
20-244.896.4846.143.6
25-295.706.8242.240.0
30-346.537.2938.336.3
35-397.478.2134.532.6
40-448.609.9230.728.8
45-499.5812.0427.025.2
50-5412.3315.8723.221.6
55-5916.6220.8019.518.1
60-6424.7729.9815.914.8
65-6938.4844.4212.711.8
70-7460.8768.819.89.1
75-7994.41106.157.56.9
80-84147.30163.995.55.1
85-89218.32249.054.13.7
90-94309.51357.063.12.7
95-99417.43481.552.32.0
100+540.75613.611.91.6