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

Western Africa

2099

Life expectancy: 69.3

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

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-5 -1 2099 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 69.3 years in 2099: 71.4 for women and 67.2 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 12,492,763 people are projected to die; 65.6% of them would be 65 or older and 4.7% 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, 2099

Life expectancy at birth

69.3

Women

71.4

Men

67.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.8

Deaths

12,492,763

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

199

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

145

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2099's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2099

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	22.34	32.32	71.4	67.2
1-4	2.67	3.56	72.0	68.4
5-9	1.32	1.63	68.8	65.3
10-14	0.81	1.03	64.2	60.9
15-19	1.10	1.64	59.5	56.2
20-24	1.46	2.45	54.8	51.6
25-29	1.78	2.63	50.2	47.2
30-34	2.08	2.94	45.6	42.8
35-39	2.53	3.42	41.0	38.4
40-44	3.33	4.42	36.5	34.0
45-49	4.19	5.86	32.1	29.7
50-54	6.11	8.74	27.7	25.5
55-59	8.73	12.20	23.5	21.5
60-64	14.03	18.97	19.4	17.7
65-69	23.15	29.60	15.7	14.2
70-74	38.73	47.35	12.3	11.1
75-79	63.77	76.64	9.3	8.4
80-84	105.17	123.08	6.9	6.2
85-89	163.45	194.36	5.1	4.4
90-94	246.69	297.50	3.7	3.2
95-99	350.28	416.07	2.7	2.3
100+	469.11	539.05	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2099

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