Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 51.5 years in 1979: 52.9 for women and 50.1 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 43,459 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 54.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

51.5

Women

52.9

Men

50.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

106.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

184.4

Deaths

43,459

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.3

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

336

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

280

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	105.31	122.89	52.9	50.1
1-4	22.45	23.96	57.7	55.5
5-9	4.36	4.13	58.9	56.9
10-14	2.52	2.33	55.1	53.0
15-19	3.68	3.53	50.8	48.6
20-24	4.70	5.39	46.7	44.4
25-29	5.24	5.37	42.7	40.6
30-34	5.51	5.90	38.8	36.6
35-39	6.11	6.71	34.8	32.6
40-44	6.82	8.51	30.8	28.6
45-49	7.85	10.78	26.8	24.8
50-54	10.71	14.81	22.8	21.0
55-59	15.05	20.83	18.9	17.4
60-64	24.64	31.35	15.1	14.0
65-69	39.88	47.37	11.8	11.0
70-74	68.01	76.82	8.8	8.3
75-79	114.00	125.88	6.4	6.0
80-84	188.51	202.10	4.5	4.2
85-89	288.59	331.82	3.2	2.9
90-94	439.80	480.59	2.2	2.0
95-99	593.18	643.40	1.7	1.6
100+	740.08	792.77	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 1979

Year

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