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

Western Africa

2073

Life expectancy: 66.0

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

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-5 -1 2073 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 66.0 years in 2073: 68.0 for women and 64.2 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 9,014,697 people are projected to die; 48.4% of them would be 65 or older and 9.4% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2073

Life expectancy at birth

66.0

Women

68.0

Men

64.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.8

Deaths

9,014,697

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

234

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2073's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2073

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	29.12	40.64	68.0	64.2
1-4	3.90	4.89	69.0	65.9
5-9	2.12	2.25	66.0	63.1
10-14	1.23	1.37	61.7	58.8
15-19	1.59	2.03	57.1	54.2
20-24	2.04	3.04	52.5	49.7
25-29	2.47	3.26	48.0	45.4
30-34	2.90	3.64	43.6	41.1
35-39	3.48	4.24	39.2	36.9
40-44	4.38	5.42	34.8	32.6
45-49	5.34	7.07	30.5	28.4
50-54	7.52	10.23	26.3	24.3
55-59	10.69	14.23	22.2	20.5
60-64	16.91	21.76	18.3	16.8
65-69	27.39	33.51	14.6	13.4
70-74	44.93	53.20	11.4	10.4
75-79	72.93	85.45	8.6	7.8
80-84	118.75	136.50	6.4	5.7
85-89	183.42	214.16	4.6	4.1
90-94	276.54	326.47	3.4	2.9
95-99	388.78	448.66	2.5	2.2
100+	513.14	570.87	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2073

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