Western Africa

2001

Life expectancy: 50.2

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

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-5 -1 2001 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 50.2 years in 2001: 51.1 for women and 49.4 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 3,817,610 people died; 15.4% of them were 65 or older and 45.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

50.2

Women

51.1

Men

49.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

165.1

Deaths

3,817,610

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.3

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

381

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

350

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	97.57	114.02	51.1	49.4
1-4	18.63	19.81	55.2	54.2
5-9	7.25	6.39	55.3	54.5
10-14	3.88	3.49	52.3	51.2
15-19	4.62	4.47	48.3	47.0
20-24	5.61	6.50	44.3	43.0
25-29	6.60	6.87	40.5	39.4
30-34	7.53	7.46	36.8	35.6
35-39	8.63	8.51	33.1	31.9
40-44	9.75	10.42	29.5	28.2
45-49	10.87	12.76	25.8	24.5
50-54	13.77	16.72	22.1	21.0
55-59	18.65	22.23	18.5	17.6
60-64	27.92	31.98	15.1	14.4
65-69	42.95	47.02	11.9	11.4
70-74	68.07	72.91	9.2	8.8
75-79	105.66	112.95	6.9	6.6
80-84	163.54	173.91	5.1	4.8
85-89	238.77	261.19	3.8	3.5
90-94	341.80	380.95	2.8	2.5
95-99	454.63	507.16	2.2	1.9
100+	587.06	649.48	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2001

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