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

Western Africa

2012

Life expectancy: 54.9

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 54.9 years in 2012: 55.7 for women and 54.1 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 4,102,640 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 38.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

54.9

Women

55.7

Men

54.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.4

Deaths

4,102,640

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

344

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

315

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	73.39	86.33	55.7	54.1
1-4	11.28	11.96	58.8	57.9
5-9	6.18	5.05	57.5	56.6
10-14	3.26	2.89	54.2	53.0
15-19	3.92	3.81	50.0	48.8
20-24	4.74	5.51	46.0	44.6
25-29	5.59	5.83	42.0	40.8
30-34	6.45	6.41	38.1	36.9
35-39	7.44	7.36	34.3	33.1
40-44	8.51	9.04	30.5	29.2
45-49	9.63	11.21	26.7	25.4
50-54	12.45	15.05	22.9	21.8
55-59	16.94	20.15	19.2	18.3
60-64	25.39	29.33	15.7	14.9
65-69	39.32	43.66	12.5	11.9
70-74	62.47	67.87	9.6	9.2
75-79	97.69	105.70	7.3	6.9
80-84	153.08	163.87	5.4	5.1
85-89	226.44	247.46	4.0	3.7
90-94	326.79	362.68	2.9	2.7
95-99	440.03	474.63	2.2	2.1
100+	575.04	602.23	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2012

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