Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 54.6 years in 1986: 56.2 for women and 53.0 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 45,651 people died; 17.0% of them were 65 or older and 51.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

54.6

Women

56.2

Men

53.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

157.9

Deaths

45,651

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.9

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

309

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

248

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	93.24	109.15	56.2	53.0
1-4	17.56	18.98	60.6	58.0
5-9	3.48	3.41	60.9	58.4
10-14	2.06	2.00	56.9	54.4
15-19	3.03	3.04	52.4	49.9
20-24	3.90	4.65	48.2	45.6
25-29	4.38	4.65	44.1	41.6
30-34	4.63	5.19	40.0	37.5
35-39	5.20	5.94	35.9	33.5
40-44	5.93	7.62	31.8	29.4
45-49	6.94	9.80	27.7	25.4
50-54	9.56	13.66	23.5	21.6
55-59	13.50	19.38	19.6	17.9
60-64	22.12	29.24	15.8	14.5
65-69	36.12	44.38	12.3	11.4
70-74	62.37	72.39	9.2	8.5
75-79	105.98	119.98	6.7	6.2
80-84	177.67	194.10	4.7	4.4
85-89	275.62	303.98	3.3	3.1
90-94	425.15	470.38	2.3	2.1
95-99	579.10	635.68	1.7	1.6
100+	728.76	784.13	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 1986

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