Life expectancy at birth in Togo was 58.8 years in 2014: 59.0 for women and 58.5 for men, a gap of 0.6 years. 70,838 people died; 22.7% of them were 65 or older and 28.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

58.8

Women

59.0

Men

58.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.4

Deaths

70,838

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

304

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

285

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	50.77	60.96	59.0	58.5
1-4	6.38	6.94	61.1	61.1
5-9	4.60	3.08	58.6	58.7
10-14	2.42	1.97	54.9	54.6
15-19	3.78	2.95	50.5	50.1
20-24	4.83	4.48	46.5	45.8
25-29	5.38	4.49	42.5	41.8
30-34	5.65	5.04	38.6	37.7
35-39	6.25	5.78	34.7	33.6
40-44	6.96	7.45	30.7	29.5
45-49	7.98	9.62	26.7	25.5
50-54	10.88	13.45	22.6	21.7
55-59	15.29	19.13	18.8	18.0
60-64	25.02	28.89	15.1	14.5
65-69	40.43	43.89	11.7	11.4
70-74	68.85	71.69	8.8	8.6
75-79	115.20	119.04	6.4	6.2
80-84	190.13	192.86	4.5	4.4
85-89	290.55	302.58	3.2	3.1
90-94	442.05	468.87	2.2	2.1
95-99	595.48	634.57	1.7	1.6
100+	742.06	783.64	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Togo by year

Mortality in Togo, 2014

Year

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