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

Western Africa

2004

Life expectancy: 51.8

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

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-5 -1 2004 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 51.8 years in 2004: 52.4 for women and 51.1 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 3,856,751 people died; 16.1% of them were 65 or older and 43.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

52.4

Men

51.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

91.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

149.0

Deaths

3,856,751

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

367

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

342

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	89.75	105.20	52.5	51.1
1-4	15.97	16.95	56.3	55.6
5-9	6.92	5.80	55.8	55.3
10-14	3.69	3.22	52.7	51.9
15-19	4.41	4.19	48.7	47.7
20-24	5.39	6.10	44.7	43.7
25-29	6.37	6.48	40.8	39.9
30-34	7.30	7.06	37.1	36.2
35-39	8.37	8.07	33.4	32.4
40-44	9.49	9.87	29.7	28.6
45-49	10.64	12.15	26.0	24.9
50-54	13.53	16.05	22.3	21.3
55-59	18.26	21.33	18.7	17.9
60-64	27.31	30.89	15.2	14.6
65-69	42.06	45.58	12.1	11.6
70-74	66.62	70.63	9.3	9.0
75-79	103.64	109.71	7.0	6.7
80-84	161.15	169.62	5.2	4.9
85-89	236.33	256.22	3.8	3.6
90-94	341.09	378.08	2.8	2.6
95-99	457.29	509.88	2.2	1.9
100+	587.06	652.91	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2004

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