Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 44.0 years in 1962: 45.5 for women and 42.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 37,388 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 55.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

44.0

Women

45.5

Men

42.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

132.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

256.2

Deaths

37,388

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

410

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

349

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	133.23	157.48	45.6	42.5
1-4	37.34	41.30	50.9	48.5
5-9	6.56	6.39	54.7	52.7
10-14	3.67	3.33	51.4	49.4
15-19	5.29	5.06	47.3	45.1
20-24	6.67	7.76	43.5	41.2
25-29	7.33	7.69	39.9	37.8
30-34	7.62	8.06	36.3	34.2
35-39	8.27	9.06	32.6	30.5
40-44	8.88	11.12	28.9	26.7
45-49	9.89	13.60	25.1	23.1
50-54	13.23	18.10	21.2	19.6
55-59	18.46	24.89	17.5	16.2
60-64	30.20	37.25	13.9	13.0
65-69	48.08	55.71	10.8	10.1
70-74	80.33	89.01	8.1	7.6
75-79	131.07	142.49	5.8	5.5
80-84	211.72	224.61	4.1	3.9
85-89	332.47	358.25	2.9	2.7
90-94	469.49	508.56	2.1	1.9
95-99	619.64	665.71	1.6	1.5
100+	761.85	811.49	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 1962

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