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

Mortality in World, 2011

World
2011
Life expectancy: 70.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in World was 70.4 years in 2011: 73.0 for women and 67.9 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 54,581,439 people died; 51.3% of them were 65 or older and 13.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
70.4
Women
73.0
Men
67.9
Life expectancy at 65
16.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
36.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
50.4
Deaths
54,581,439
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
191
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
120
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011'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.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
035.6540.0273.067.9
1-43.573.5574.669.6
5-91.421.4171.766.6
10-140.850.9367.262.0
15-191.111.4462.457.3
20-241.311.9757.852.7
25-291.502.2053.148.2
30-341.732.5848.543.7
35-392.023.1243.939.3
40-442.504.0839.334.8
45-493.385.7634.830.5
50-545.038.7130.326.3
55-597.0012.4026.022.4
60-6411.0318.6321.918.6
65-6917.7427.6118.015.2
70-7428.3542.7314.412.1
75-7945.6265.3011.29.3
80-8475.41102.968.47.0
85-89121.29159.956.25.1
90-94196.76248.134.43.7
95-99305.22358.913.12.7
100+451.06483.352.22.1