Western Africa Mortality 2035: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

2035

Life expectancy: 60.4

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

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-5 -1 2035 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 60.4 years in 2035: 61.6 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 5,182,029 people are projected to die; 25.8% of them would be 65 or older and 24.5% 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).

Key indicators, 2035

Life expectancy at birth

60.4

Women

61.6

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.1

Deaths

5,182,029

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

292

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

254

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2035's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2035

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	47.86	59.67	61.6	59.2
1-4	6.71	7.44	63.5	61.8
5-9	4.20	3.56	61.2	59.6
10-14	2.27	2.13	57.5	55.6
15-19	2.82	2.95	53.1	51.2
20-24	3.52	4.36	48.8	46.9
25-29	4.15	4.63	44.6	42.9
30-34	4.73	5.04	40.5	38.8
35-39	5.43	5.73	36.4	34.8
40-44	6.41	7.16	32.4	30.7
45-49	7.49	9.13	28.3	26.7
50-54	10.08	12.73	24.3	22.9
55-59	13.97	17.40	20.4	19.2
60-64	21.35	25.84	16.7	15.7
65-69	33.66	38.93	13.3	12.5
70-74	54.61	61.28	10.3	9.7
75-79	87.66	97.37	7.7	7.2
80-84	140.66	153.61	5.7	5.3
85-89	212.94	236.94	4.1	3.8
90-94	313.77	357.85	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.73	479.96	2.3	2.1
100+	555.93	591.75	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2035

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