Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 44.3 years in 1963: 45.8 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 37,621 people died; 14.6% of them were 65 or older and 55.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

44.3

Women

45.8

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

253.1

Deaths

37,621

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.3

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

408

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

346

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	132.15	156.16	45.8	42.7
1-4	36.61	40.47	51.1	48.7
5-9	6.48	6.30	54.8	52.8
10-14	3.63	3.30	51.5	49.5
15-19	5.24	5.01	47.4	45.2
20-24	6.60	7.68	43.6	41.3
25-29	7.26	7.62	40.0	37.8
30-34	7.54	8.00	36.4	34.2
35-39	8.20	8.98	32.7	30.5
40-44	8.81	11.04	29.0	26.8
45-49	9.82	13.52	25.1	23.2
50-54	13.14	18.00	21.3	19.6
55-59	18.34	24.76	17.5	16.2
60-64	30.01	37.06	14.0	13.0
65-69	47.80	55.45	10.8	10.2
70-74	79.91	88.62	8.1	7.6
75-79	130.47	141.95	5.9	5.5
80-84	210.87	223.89	4.1	3.9
85-89	331.47	357.36	2.9	2.7
90-94	468.33	507.62	2.1	1.9
95-99	618.52	664.99	1.6	1.5
100+	760.57	810.90	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 1963

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