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

Western Africa

1985

Life expectancy: 47.3

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

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-5 -1 1985 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 47.3 years in 1985: 48.8 for women and 45.8 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 2,966,381 people died; 13.4% of them were 65 or older and 52.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

47.3

Women

48.8

Men

45.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

117.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

211.1

Deaths

2,966,381

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.3

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

398

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

338

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	117.82	137.40	48.8	45.8
1-4	27.64	29.10	53.8	51.3
5-9	7.12	7.34	55.8	53.4
10-14	3.92	3.88	52.8	50.3
15-19	4.54	4.85	48.8	46.2
20-24	5.45	6.98	44.8	42.3
25-29	6.34	7.35	41.0	38.7
30-34	7.19	7.94	37.2	35.0
35-39	8.19	9.04	33.5	31.4
40-44	9.23	11.03	29.8	27.7
45-49	10.28	13.42	26.1	24.1
50-54	13.20	17.46	22.3	20.6
55-59	17.97	23.13	18.7	17.3
60-64	27.24	33.30	15.2	14.1
65-69	42.28	49.10	12.0	11.2
70-74	67.50	76.43	9.3	8.6
75-79	104.86	117.97	7.0	6.4
80-84	161.49	180.51	5.2	4.7
85-89	234.23	268.68	3.9	3.4
90-94	336.52	388.33	2.8	2.5
95-99	446.68	509.08	2.2	1.9
100+	575.11	617.63	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 1985

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