Life expectancy at birth in Albania was 46.3 years in 1952: 49.0 for women and 43.7 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 28,832 people died; 28.4% of them were 65 or older and 51.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

46.3

Women

49.0

Men

43.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

185.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

283.1

Deaths

28,832

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

297

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

229

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	186.96	238.50	49.0	43.7
1-4	27.92	37.10	57.7	53.8
5-9	4.38	3.78	60.2	58.0
10-14	2.07	2.33	56.5	54.1
15-19	2.68	2.43	52.1	49.7
20-24	3.92	3.53	47.7	45.3
25-29	4.08	4.61	43.6	41.0
30-34	5.17	5.10	39.5	36.9
35-39	5.13	5.07	35.4	32.8
40-44	5.18	6.57	31.3	28.6
45-49	5.80	9.04	27.1	24.5
50-54	7.58	13.66	22.8	20.5
55-59	12.52	20.47	18.6	16.8
60-64	24.49	33.48	14.6	13.3
65-69	45.10	53.44	11.1	10.2
70-74	79.34	89.32	8.3	7.6
75-79	126.32	143.17	6.2	5.5
80-84	191.18	224.45	4.6	4.0
85-89	271.31	337.95	3.4	2.8
90-94	362.88	461.88	2.7	2.1
95-99	473.92	603.36	2.1	1.7
100+	588.44	728.12	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Albania by year

Mortality in Albania, 1952

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