Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 55.9 years in 2005: 56.5 for women and 55.3 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 64,669 people died; 20.3% of them were 65 or older and 34.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

55.9

Women

56.5

Men

55.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.5

Deaths

64,669

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.1

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

334

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

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	64.99	77.76	56.5	55.3
1-4	9.36	10.25	59.2	58.7
5-9	5.18	3.82	57.4	57.1
10-14	2.75	2.32	53.9	53.1
15-19	4.21	3.49	49.6	48.7
20-24	5.35	5.33	45.6	44.5
25-29	5.94	5.32	41.7	40.6
30-34	6.22	5.84	37.9	36.7
35-39	6.84	6.65	34.0	32.7
40-44	7.52	8.42	30.1	28.7
45-49	8.54	10.69	26.2	24.8
50-54	11.57	14.70	22.2	21.1
55-59	16.21	20.69	18.4	17.5
60-64	26.52	31.14	14.7	14.1
65-69	42.65	47.06	11.4	11.0
70-74	72.13	76.34	8.6	8.3
75-79	119.72	125.19	6.2	6.0
80-84	196.06	201.18	4.4	4.2
85-89	297.29	330.72	3.1	2.9
90-94	448.91	479.49	2.2	2.1
95-99	600.90	642.87	1.7	1.6
100+	744.27	791.77	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 2005

Year

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