Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 45.2 years in 1966: 46.8 for women and 43.7 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 38,886 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 55.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

45.2

Women

46.8

Men

43.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

242.7

Deaths

38,886

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.3

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

400

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

338

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	128.36	151.55	46.8	43.7
1-4	34.26	37.64	52.0	49.6
5-9	6.20	6.03	55.3	53.3
10-14	3.48	3.18	52.0	49.8
15-19	5.03	4.84	47.8	45.6
20-24	6.35	7.43	44.0	41.7
25-29	6.99	7.36	40.3	38.1
30-34	7.28	7.78	36.7	34.5
35-39	7.93	8.74	32.9	30.7
40-44	8.56	10.76	29.2	27.0
45-49	9.57	13.21	25.3	23.4
50-54	12.84	17.62	21.5	19.8
55-59	17.93	24.29	17.7	16.4
60-64	29.34	36.38	14.1	13.1
65-69	46.81	54.49	10.9	10.3
70-74	78.42	87.21	8.2	7.7
75-79	128.44	139.95	5.9	5.6
80-84	208.00	221.17	4.2	4.0
85-89	328.33	353.87	2.9	2.7
90-94	464.88	503.75	2.1	2.0
95-99	615.62	661.51	1.6	1.5
100+	757.86	806.91	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 1966

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