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

Western Africa

2065

Life expectancy: 65.0

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

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-5 -1 2065 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 65.0 years in 2065: 66.8 for women and 63.3 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 8,001,812 people are projected to die; 43.1% of them would be 65 or older and 11.7% 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, 2065

Life expectancy at birth

65.0

Women

66.8

Men

63.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

55.4

Deaths

8,001,812

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

245

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

196

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2065's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2065

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	32.05	43.84	66.8	63.3
1-4	4.39	5.36	67.9	65.1
5-9	2.45	2.47	65.1	62.4
10-14	1.39	1.50	60.9	58.2
15-19	1.78	2.18	56.3	53.6
20-24	2.27	3.25	51.8	49.2
25-29	2.75	3.49	47.3	44.9
30-34	3.21	3.88	42.9	40.7
35-39	3.83	4.51	38.6	36.4
40-44	4.75	5.75	34.3	32.2
45-49	5.75	7.48	30.1	28.0
50-54	8.02	10.73	25.9	24.0
55-59	11.31	14.86	21.8	20.2
60-64	17.66	22.50	17.9	16.6
65-69	28.35	34.46	14.3	13.2
70-74	46.78	54.94	11.1	10.2
75-79	76.02	88.30	8.4	7.7
80-84	124.03	140.88	6.2	5.6
85-89	191.36	220.28	4.5	4.0
90-94	286.29	334.17	3.3	2.9
95-99	398.79	456.28	2.4	2.2
100+	524.11	577.43	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2065

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