Western Africa Mortality 2047: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

2047

Life expectancy: 62.3

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

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-5 -1 2047 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 62.3 years in 2047: 63.8 for women and 60.9 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 6,146,495 people are projected to die; 32.7% of them would be 65 or older and 18.6% 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, 2047

Life expectancy at birth

62.3

Women

63.8

Men

60.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.8

Deaths

6,146,495

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

272

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

229

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2047's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2047

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	40.39	52.34	63.8	60.9
1-4	5.68	6.53	65.4	63.2
5-9	3.40	3.08	62.8	60.8
10-14	1.88	1.85	58.9	56.7
15-19	2.35	2.60	54.4	52.2
20-24	2.94	3.85	50.0	47.8
25-29	3.51	4.11	45.7	43.7
30-34	4.08	4.54	41.5	39.6
35-39	4.81	5.25	37.3	35.4
40-44	5.74	6.59	33.1	31.3
45-49	6.68	8.38	29.0	27.3
50-54	9.06	11.77	24.9	23.3
55-59	12.70	16.23	21.0	19.6
60-64	19.80	24.48	17.2	16.0
65-69	31.78	37.38	13.7	12.8
70-74	51.90	59.17	10.6	9.9
75-79	83.22	93.99	8.0	7.4
80-84	133.84	148.48	5.9	5.4
85-89	204.40	230.43	4.3	3.9
90-94	304.53	348.97	3.1	2.7
95-99	420.01	472.46	2.3	2.1
100+	548.43	590.98	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2047

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