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

Western Africa

2082

Life expectancy: 67.2

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

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-5 -1 2082 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 67.2 years in 2082: 69.2 for women and 65.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 10,320,464 people are projected to die; 55.8% of them would be 65 or older and 7.3% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2082

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

69.2

Men

65.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.0

Deaths

10,320,464

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

221

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

169

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2082's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2082

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	26.25	37.39	69.2	65.3
1-4	3.40	4.39	70.0	66.7
5-9	1.79	2.01	67.0	63.9
10-14	1.06	1.24	62.6	59.5
15-19	1.39	1.88	57.9	54.9
20-24	1.81	2.82	53.3	50.4
25-29	2.20	3.03	48.7	46.0
30-34	2.58	3.37	44.2	41.7
35-39	3.11	3.94	39.8	37.4
40-44	3.99	5.06	35.4	33.1
45-49	4.92	6.65	31.0	28.8
50-54	7.01	9.70	26.7	24.7
55-59	9.96	13.50	22.6	20.8
60-64	15.88	20.76	18.6	17.1
65-69	26.01	32.21	14.9	13.7
70-74	43.18	51.43	11.7	10.6
75-79	70.27	82.71	8.9	8.0
80-84	114.09	131.83	6.6	5.9
85-89	175.95	207.23	4.8	4.2
90-94	264.69	316.25	3.5	3.0
95-99	374.52	437.14	2.6	2.2
100+	498.75	560.85	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2082

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