Western Africa

2055

Life expectancy: 63.6

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 63.6 years in 2055: 65.2 for women and 62.0 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 6,907,506 people are projected to die; 37.7% of them would be 65 or older and 15.2% 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).

Key indicators, 2055

Life expectancy at birth

63.6

Women

65.2

Men

62.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.9

Deaths

6,907,506

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

259

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

214

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2055's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2055

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	36.31	48.24	65.2	62.0
1-4	5.07	5.98	66.6	64.0
5-9	2.93	2.78	63.9	61.5
10-14	1.64	1.68	59.8	57.4
15-19	2.08	2.40	55.3	52.8
20-24	2.62	3.57	50.8	48.4
25-29	3.15	3.82	46.4	44.3
30-34	3.66	4.22	42.1	40.1
35-39	4.34	4.90	37.9	35.9
40-44	5.31	6.23	33.6	31.7
45-49	6.32	8.02	29.5	27.6
50-54	8.59	11.30	25.3	23.6
55-59	11.95	15.52	21.3	19.9
60-64	18.70	23.49	17.5	16.2
65-69	30.13	36.04	14.0	13.0
70-74	49.68	57.39	10.8	10.0
75-79	80.49	91.79	8.2	7.5
80-84	130.01	145.45	6.0	5.5
85-89	198.39	225.82	4.4	3.9
90-94	295.13	341.82	3.2	2.8
95-99	411.06	465.52	2.4	2.1
100+	539.43	585.82	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2055

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