Life expectancy at birth in Albania was 53.7 years in 1958: 56.2 for women and 51.4 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 27,154 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 54.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

53.7

Women

56.2

Men

51.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

156.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

225.1

Deaths

27,154

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.6

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

218

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

158

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	153.71	195.93	56.2	51.4
1-4	18.86	24.37	64.2	61.0
5-9	2.24	1.97	65.1	63.0
10-14	1.04	1.32	60.8	58.6
15-19	1.31	1.40	56.1	54.0
20-24	1.83	1.76	51.4	49.3
25-29	2.12	2.15	46.9	44.7
30-34	2.74	2.50	42.4	40.2
35-39	2.88	2.98	37.9	35.7
40-44	3.63	4.07	33.4	31.2
45-49	4.01	6.54	29.0	26.8
50-54	5.80	10.93	24.5	22.6
55-59	10.07	16.66	20.2	18.7
60-64	19.04	25.79	16.1	15.1
65-69	34.97	40.36	12.4	11.8
70-74	64.38	68.75	9.3	8.9
75-79	107.18	113.72	6.9	6.5
80-84	166.27	181.25	5.1	4.7
85-89	238.50	281.04	3.8	3.3
90-94	318.62	387.67	3.0	2.5
95-99	415.86	510.99	2.4	1.9
100+	523.59	634.80	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Albania by year

Mortality in Albania, 1958

Year

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