Mortality in World, 2001

World
2001
Life expectancy: 66.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in World was 66.8 years in 2001: 69.2 for women and 64.3 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 52,431,244 people died; 45.4% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
66.8
Women
69.2
Men
64.3
Life expectancy at 65
15.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
52.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
73.2
Deaths
52,431,244
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
217
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
143
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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
051.5756.9369.264.3
1-45.695.5371.967.0
5-91.901.8369.564.5
10-141.021.1265.160.1
15-191.361.6660.455.4
20-241.752.3855.850.8
25-291.942.6151.346.4
30-342.092.9646.842.0
35-392.413.6342.237.6
40-443.084.9837.733.2
45-493.986.8233.329.0
50-545.749.8528.924.9
55-598.5214.0124.621.0
60-6413.5822.3520.617.4
65-6921.1532.9616.914.1
70-7433.5049.7813.511.2
75-7952.3474.5810.48.6
80-8485.61117.217.86.4
85-89137.13180.155.74.7
90-94216.18268.164.13.5
95-99325.69372.442.92.6
100+465.94490.052.22.0