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

Western Africa

2063

Life expectancy: 64.7

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

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-5 -1 2063 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 64.7 years in 2063: 66.5 for women and 63.0 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 7,771,720 people are projected to die; 42.0% of them would be 65 or older and 12.4% 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, 2063

Life expectancy at birth

64.7

Women

66.5

Men

63.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.7

Deaths

7,771,720

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

248

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

200

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2063's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2063

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	32.86	44.72	66.5	63.0
1-4	4.52	5.49	67.7	64.9
5-9	2.54	2.53	64.9	62.3
10-14	1.44	1.54	60.7	58.0
15-19	1.83	2.22	56.1	53.4
20-24	2.34	3.31	51.6	49.0
25-29	2.82	3.56	47.2	44.8
30-34	3.30	3.95	42.8	40.5
35-39	3.93	4.59	38.5	36.3
40-44	4.85	5.84	34.2	32.1
45-49	5.87	7.59	29.9	28.0
50-54	8.15	10.86	25.8	23.9
55-59	11.45	15.00	21.7	20.1
60-64	17.81	22.67	17.9	16.5
65-69	28.67	34.75	14.3	13.2
70-74	47.32	55.44	11.1	10.2
75-79	76.89	89.03	8.4	7.6
80-84	125.44	141.95	6.1	5.6
85-89	193.03	221.62	4.5	4.0
90-94	288.15	335.78	3.2	2.8
95-99	401.09	458.18	2.4	2.1
100+	527.07	579.11	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2063

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