Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Middle Africa

Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa in 2024 — 62.3 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 57.8%.

2024 62.3 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 62.3 years2024
Period minimum 39.2 years1961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Middle Africa, 1960–2024304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 39.5 years1962: 40.6 years1964: 40.9 years1966: 42.3 years1968: 43.1 years1970: 43.9 years1972: 44.7 years1974: 45.3 years1976: 45.5 years1978: 45.7 years1980: 46.5 years1982: 47 years1984: 47.5 years1986: 48 years1988: 48.3 years1990: 48.6 years1992: 49.1 years1994: 49.5 years1996: 49.6 years1998: 49.5 years2000: 50.9 years2002: 51.6 years2004: 52.9 years2006: 53.9 years2008: 55.1 years2010: 56.1 years2012: 57.3 years2014: 57.8 years2016: 59.1 years2018: 59.9 years2020: 60.4 years2022: 60.3 years2024: 62.3 years
Change over the period: +22.8 (+57.85%) Average annual rate: 0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa

Middle Africa 62.3 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 62.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2023 62.1 +1.8 +2.93%
2022 60.3 +0.5 +0.88%
2021 59.8 −0.6 −0.94%
2020 60.4 +0.7 +1.11%
2019 59.7 −0.2 −0.39%
2018 59.9 +0.6 +1.06%
2017 59.3 +0.3 +0.43%
2016 59.1 +0.4 +0.72%
2015 58.6 +0.8 +1.37%
2014 57.8 +0.2 +0.28%
2013 57.7 +0.4 +0.76%
2012 57.3 +0.6 +0.98%
2011 56.7 +0.6 +1.14%
2010 56.1 +1.7 +3.18%
2009 54.3 −0.7 −1.33%
2008 55.1 +0.5 +0.99%
2007 54.5 +0.6 +1.09%
2006 53.9 +0.5 +0.91%
2005 53.4 +0.5 +0.97%
2004 52.9 +0.5 +1.04%
2003 52.4 +0.8 +1.54%
2002 51.6 +0.3 +0.58%
2001 51.3 +0.3 +0.68%
2000 50.9 +1.1 +2.15%
1999 49.9 +0.4 +0.72%
1998 49.5 −0.5 −0.99%
1997 50 +0.4 +0.74%
1996 49.6 −0.5 −1.03%
1995 50.2 +0.6 +1.3%
1994 49.5 +0.3 +0.57%
1993 49.2 +0.1 +0.21%
1992 49.1 −0.1 −0.18%
1991 49.2 +0.6 +1.22%
1990 48.6 +0.1 +0.18%
1989 48.5 +0.2 +0.47%
1988 48.3 +0.6 +1.24%
1987 47.7 −0.3 −0.52%
1986 48 +0.3 +0.52%
1985 47.7 +0.3 +0.55%
1984 47.5 +0.3 +0.62%
1983 47.2 +0.1 +0.29%
1982 47 +0.3 +0.61%
1981 46.7 +0.2 +0.5%
1980 46.5 +0.3 +0.67%
1979 46.2 +0.5 +0.99%
1978 45.7 +0 +0.01%
1977 45.7 +0.3 +0.62%
1976 45.5 +0.1 +0.21%
1975 45.4 +0.1 +0.22%
1974 45.3 +0.2 +0.54%
1973 45 +0.3 +0.72%
1972 44.7 +0.5 +1.1%
1971 44.2 +0.4 +0.81%
1970 43.9 +0.4 +1.02%
1969 43.4 +0.3 +0.71%
1968 43.1 +0.4 +1.04%
1967 42.7 +0.4 +0.83%
1966 42.3 +0.9 +2.18%
1965 41.4 +0.5 +1.27%
1964 40.9 −0 −0.06%
1963 40.9 +0.3 +0.79%
1962 40.6 +1.4 +3.61%
1961 39.2 −0.3 −0.68%
1960 39.5

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.