Mortality in Western Africa, 2029

Western Africa
2029
Life expectancy: 59.3
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 59.3 years in 2029: 60.4 for women and 58.3 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 4,754,892 people are projected to die; 23.5% of them would be 65 or older and 27.2% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Life expectancy at birth
59.3
Women
60.4
Men
58.3
Life expectancy at 65
12.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
55.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
83.8
Deaths
4,754,892
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
304
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
268
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2029's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
052.2063.8460.458.3
1-47.257.9262.661.1
5-94.633.8260.459.0
10-142.502.2956.755.1
15-193.113.1652.450.7
20-243.834.6448.246.4
25-294.464.8744.142.5
30-345.055.2940.038.5
35-395.846.0636.034.4
40-446.877.5532.030.4
45-498.009.5928.026.5
50-5410.6113.2324.022.6
55-5914.4917.9020.219.0
60-6422.0026.4016.515.6
65-6934.6839.7413.112.4
70-7456.2662.5810.19.6
75-7989.7999.067.67.2
80-84143.47155.885.65.2
85-89215.77240.024.13.7
90-94316.17359.513.02.7
95-99431.80478.732.32.1
100+555.06583.701.81.7