Life expectancy at birth in Albania was 69.4 years in 1978: 72.3 for women and 66.6 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 18,137 people died; 51.4% of them were 65 or older and 26.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

69.4

Women

72.3

Men

66.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

64.8

Deaths

18,137

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.9

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

145

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	48.57	61.42	72.3	66.6
1-4	2.92	3.40	74.8	69.8
5-9	0.59	0.72	71.7	66.7
10-14	0.45	0.65	66.9	61.9
15-19	0.56	0.80	62.0	57.1
20-24	0.73	0.94	57.2	52.3
25-29	0.79	1.02	52.4	47.6
30-34	1.10	1.26	47.6	42.8
35-39	1.30	1.60	42.8	38.1
40-44	1.70	2.24	38.1	33.3
45-49	2.30	4.03	33.4	28.7
50-54	3.74	7.36	28.8	24.2
55-59	6.04	12.10	24.3	20.0
60-64	10.65	20.86	19.9	16.1
65-69	19.29	35.46	15.9	12.6
70-74	36.77	59.94	12.2	9.5
75-79	66.57	100.77	9.1	7.0
80-84	110.72	162.06	6.8	5.0
85-89	170.01	257.76	5.0	3.6
90-94	239.27	367.17	3.8	2.6
95-99	326.15	493.15	2.9	2.0
100+	435.60	623.68	2.3	1.6

Mortality in Albania by year

Mortality in Albania, 1978

Year

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