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

Western Africa

2042

Life expectancy: 61.5

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

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-5 -1 2042 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 61.5 years in 2042: 62.9 for women and 60.2 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 5,720,797 people are projected to die; 29.5% of them would be 65 or older and 21.0% 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, 2042

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

62.9

Men

60.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

47.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

71.8

Deaths

5,720,797

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

280

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

239

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2042's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2042

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	43.27	55.19	62.9	60.2
1-4	6.09	6.89	64.6	62.6
5-9	3.71	3.27	62.2	60.3
10-14	2.03	1.97	58.3	56.3
15-19	2.53	2.73	53.9	51.8
20-24	3.16	4.04	49.5	47.5
25-29	3.77	4.32	45.3	43.4
30-34	4.37	4.75	41.1	39.3
35-39	5.08	5.46	36.9	35.2
40-44	5.96	6.78	32.8	31.1
45-49	6.98	8.65	28.7	27.0
50-54	9.46	12.15	24.7	23.1
55-59	13.22	16.72	20.7	19.4
60-64	20.52	25.11	17.0	15.9
65-69	32.65	38.11	13.5	12.6
70-74	52.98	60.05	10.5	9.8
75-79	84.89	95.29	7.9	7.3
80-84	136.70	150.67	5.8	5.3
85-89	208.51	233.53	4.2	3.8
90-94	308.68	352.62	3.1	2.7
95-99	424.64	476.85	2.3	2.1
100+	551.82	593.08	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2042

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