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

Western Africa

2007

Life expectancy: 53.2

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

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-5 -1 2007 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 53.2 years in 2007: 54.0 for women and 52.3 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 3,907,167 people died; 16.9% of them were 65 or older and 41.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

53.2

Women

54.0

Men

52.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

134.4

Deaths

3,907,167

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.3

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

359

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

329

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	82.38	96.83	54.0	52.3
1-4	13.66	14.54	57.5	56.5
5-9	6.49	5.53	56.6	55.8
10-14	3.46	3.11	53.4	52.3
15-19	4.15	4.04	49.3	48.1
20-24	5.07	5.86	45.3	44.0
25-29	6.01	6.23	41.4	40.2
30-34	6.92	6.83	37.6	36.4
35-39	7.93	7.81	33.8	32.6
40-44	9.02	9.56	30.1	28.8
45-49	10.16	11.81	26.4	25.1
50-54	13.01	15.70	22.6	21.5
55-59	17.57	20.86	19.0	18.0
60-64	26.29	30.35	15.5	14.7
65-69	40.59	44.87	12.3	11.7
70-74	64.44	69.58	9.5	9.0
75-79	100.65	108.15	7.1	6.8
80-84	157.37	167.63	5.3	5.0
85-89	232.00	253.66	3.9	3.6
90-94	336.65	376.72	2.8	2.6
95-99	455.91	511.81	2.2	1.9
100+	588.20	653.08	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2007

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