How long do African people live?

Hmm. This is hard to answer: As you can see, life expectancy at birth in Africa south of the Sahara is not great, in general. But life expectancy is an average. It means that if you have a high child or infant mortality rate, the life expectancy will be low. But if you live past infancy, what's your life expectancy? read more

As you can see, life expectancy at birth in Africa south of the Sahara is not great, in general. But life expectancy is an average. It means that if you have a high child or infant mortality rate, the life expectancy will be low. read more

Kenyans’ life expectancy is slightly above the African average (56.5 years) but it has lost ground since the late 1980s (then 60 years and not far from the global average). It declined in the 90s to 51 years, mainly due to HIV/AIDS, before recovering over the last decade. read more

Projections for 2025 range from 1.397bn to 1.486bn. By 2050 the number of people in Africa is expected to increase by another billion and by 2100 the United Nations (UN) forecasts there will be 4.185bn people on the continent. These projections, known as medium variants, are the most reliable. read more