Mortality in Western Africa, 2100

Western Africa
2100
Life expectancy: 69.4
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa is projected at 69.4 years in 2100: 71.6 for women and 67.3 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 12,586,272 people are projected to die; 66.1% 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).

Life expectancy at birth
69.4
Women
71.6
Men
67.3
Life expectancy at 65
15.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
26.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
38.5
Deaths
12,586,272
Deaths per 1,000 people
11.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
198
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
144
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2100's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
022.1632.0771.667.3
1-42.633.5272.168.5
5-91.291.6168.965.4
10-140.801.0264.360.9
15-191.081.6259.656.2
20-241.442.4354.951.7
25-291.762.6150.347.3
30-342.052.9145.742.9
35-392.503.4041.138.4
40-443.304.3936.634.1
45-494.155.8232.229.8
50-546.068.6827.825.6
55-598.6512.1323.621.6
60-6413.9218.8619.517.8
65-6922.9829.4515.714.3
70-7438.4647.1212.311.1
75-7963.3576.309.48.4
80-84104.48122.487.06.2
85-89162.51193.535.14.4
90-94245.48296.283.73.2
95-99348.77414.692.82.4
100+467.55537.922.11.9