Western Africa Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

1950

Life expectancy: 35.2

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1950 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 35.2 years in 1950: 36.9 for women and 33.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 1,997,478 people died; 10.3% of them were 65 or older and 56.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

35.2

Women

36.9

Men

33.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

165.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

351.1

Deaths

1,997,478

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.4

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

500

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

439

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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	170.58	202.13	36.9	33.6
1-4	61.40	68.60	42.5	39.8
5-9	11.60	11.96	49.6	47.4
10-14	6.21	5.97	47.4	45.2
15-19	6.93	7.10	43.8	41.5
20-24	8.23	10.22	40.3	37.9
25-29	9.45	10.69	36.9	34.8
30-34	10.63	11.28	33.5	31.5
35-39	11.93	12.72	30.2	28.2
40-44	12.95	15.25	26.9	24.9
45-49	14.04	18.20	23.6	21.7
50-54	17.57	22.87	20.1	18.5
55-59	23.87	29.90	16.7	15.5
60-64	35.60	42.06	13.5	12.5
65-69	53.93	60.81	10.7	9.9
70-74	83.84	93.83	8.2	7.5
75-79	125.76	141.42	6.2	5.6
80-84	190.25	215.48	4.6	4.1
85-89	263.41	313.40	3.5	3.0
90-94	362.31	431.40	2.7	2.3
95-99	463.59	554.88	2.1	1.8
100+	587.99	675.54	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 1950

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