Western Africa Mortality 2018: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

2018

Life expectancy: 56.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 56.5 years in 2018: 57.3 for women and 55.7 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 4,312,247 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 33.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2018

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

57.3

Men

55.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.4

Deaths

4,312,247

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

330

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

300

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2018's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2018

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	65.55	77.19	57.3	55.7
1-4	9.47	10.02	60.1	59.1
5-9	5.81	4.62	58.3	57.5
10-14	3.05	2.70	55.0	53.7
15-19	3.68	3.59	50.8	49.4
20-24	4.43	5.20	46.7	45.3
25-29	5.17	5.46	42.7	41.4
30-34	5.93	5.97	38.7	37.5
35-39	6.92	6.88	34.8	33.5
40-44	8.02	8.52	31.0	29.6
45-49	9.10	10.61	27.1	25.8
50-54	11.80	14.33	23.3	22.1
55-59	16.12	19.29	19.5	18.5
60-64	24.34	28.30	16.0	15.1
65-69	37.89	42.23	12.7	12.1
70-74	60.60	66.12	9.8	9.3
75-79	95.09	103.54	7.4	7.0
80-84	149.51	161.02	5.5	5.1
85-89	222.59	244.44	4.0	3.7
90-94	322.22	358.49	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.65	459.69	2.3	2.1
100+	556.11	556.20	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2018

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