Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 53.8 years in 1996: 54.6 for women and 53.0 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 57,070 people died; 19.0% of them were 65 or older and 40.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

53.8

Women

54.6

Men

53.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.3

Deaths

57,070

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

341

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

308

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	80.52	96.00	54.6	53.0
1-4	13.44	14.86	58.1	57.2
5-9	5.27	4.11	57.2	56.6
10-14	2.86	2.40	53.6	52.8
15-19	4.31	3.62	49.4	48.4
20-24	5.47	5.52	45.4	44.2
25-29	6.06	5.51	41.6	40.4
30-34	6.34	6.03	37.8	36.4
35-39	6.96	6.85	33.9	32.5
40-44	7.63	8.66	30.0	28.5
45-49	8.66	10.96	26.1	24.7
50-54	11.71	15.02	22.1	20.9
55-59	16.40	21.09	18.3	17.3
60-64	26.83	31.74	14.7	14.0
65-69	43.11	47.92	11.4	10.9
70-74	72.80	77.62	8.5	8.2
75-79	120.66	127.00	6.2	6.0
80-84	197.29	203.62	4.4	4.2
85-89	298.64	333.85	3.1	2.8
90-94	450.27	482.87	2.2	2.0
95-99	601.82	645.73	1.7	1.5
100+	744.82	795.17	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 1996

Year

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