Western Africa Mortality 2015: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

2015

Life expectancy: 55.6

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 55.6 years in 2015: 56.3 for women and 54.8 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 4,258,626 people died; 19.0% of them were 65 or older and 36.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2015

Life expectancy at birth

55.6

Women

56.3

Men

54.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

110.6

Deaths

4,258,626

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.6

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

340

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

310

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2015's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2015

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	69.59	81.84	56.3	54.8
1-4	10.41	11.00	59.3	58.3
5-9	6.08	4.90	57.8	56.9
10-14	3.20	2.84	54.5	53.2
15-19	3.85	3.75	50.3	49.0
20-24	4.63	5.45	46.2	44.8
25-29	5.42	5.73	42.3	41.0
30-34	6.26	6.28	38.3	37.1
35-39	7.27	7.22	34.5	33.2
40-44	8.35	8.88	30.7	29.4
45-49	9.44	11.00	26.9	25.6
50-54	12.22	14.79	23.0	21.9
55-59	16.68	19.87	19.3	18.4
60-64	25.06	29.00	15.8	15.0
65-69	38.87	43.16	12.6	12.0
70-74	61.87	67.28	9.7	9.2
75-79	96.75	104.87	7.3	6.9
80-84	151.74	162.62	5.4	5.1
85-89	224.76	245.54	4.0	3.7
90-94	322.96	355.63	2.9	2.7
95-99	431.35	455.75	2.3	2.2
100+	558.16	560.22	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2015

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