Mortality in Somalia, 2005

Somalia
2005
Life expectancy: 50.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Somalia was 50.9 years in 2005: 52.4 for women and 49.4 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 164,999 people died; 12.0% of them were 65 or older and 52.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
50.9
Women
52.4
Men
49.4
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
103.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
170.4
Deaths
164,999
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
372
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
315
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005'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
0102.79118.9852.449.4
1-419.3719.7457.054.5
5-96.506.7057.454.8
10-143.633.5954.251.6
15-194.074.6050.247.5
20-244.866.6846.143.5
25-295.667.0242.239.9
30-346.497.4538.436.2
35-397.438.3334.532.5
40-448.5610.0130.828.8
45-499.5512.1227.025.1
50-5412.2815.9223.221.5
55-5916.5520.8519.518.1
60-6424.6829.9915.914.8
65-6938.3544.4212.711.8
70-7460.6768.769.99.1
75-7994.16106.047.56.9
80-84146.96163.885.55.1
85-89217.90249.034.13.7
90-94309.03357.263.12.7
95-99416.92482.132.32.0
100+540.22615.041.91.6