Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Western Africa

1969

Life expectancy: 39.8

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

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-5 -1 1969 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 39.8 years in 1969: 41.7 for women and 37.9 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 2,591,608 people died; 11.5% of them were 65 or older and 54.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

39.8

Women

41.7

Men

37.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

145.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

288.5

Deaths

2,591,608

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.7

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

484

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

401

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	149.10	174.27	41.7	37.9
1-4	45.09	48.40	47.2	43.9
5-9	9.56	9.89	52.0	48.7
10-14	5.23	5.08	49.4	46.1
15-19	5.98	6.70	45.7	42.2
20-24	7.16	10.28	42.0	38.5
25-29	8.19	10.71	38.4	35.4
30-34	9.20	11.08	34.9	32.3
35-39	10.40	12.21	31.4	29.0
40-44	11.49	14.40	28.0	25.6
45-49	12.58	17.08	24.5	22.3
50-54	15.88	21.46	20.9	19.1
55-59	21.54	28.04	17.4	16.0
60-64	32.46	39.53	14.1	13.0
65-69	49.54	57.26	11.2	10.3
70-74	77.55	87.80	8.6	7.9
75-79	117.33	132.45	6.5	5.9
80-84	175.74	198.77	4.9	4.4
85-89	249.31	289.76	3.7	3.2
90-94	351.08	411.47	2.7	2.4
95-99	461.08	534.44	2.1	1.9
100+	585.48	643.13	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 1969

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