Life expectancy at birth in Albania was 72.0 years in 1987: 75.5 for women and 68.7 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 18,016 people died; 54.3% of them were 65 or older and 21.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

72.0

Women

75.5

Men

68.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.4

Deaths

18,016

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.7

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

127

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	35.97	45.21	75.5	68.7
1-4	1.95	2.22	77.2	70.9
5-9	0.42	0.74	73.8	67.5
10-14	0.27	0.52	69.0	62.7
15-19	0.38	0.78	64.0	57.9
20-24	0.53	1.08	59.2	53.1
25-29	0.65	0.98	54.3	48.4
30-34	0.77	1.14	49.5	43.6
35-39	0.95	1.35	44.7	38.8
40-44	1.32	2.05	39.9	34.1
45-49	1.80	3.19	35.1	29.4
50-54	2.93	5.82	30.4	24.8
55-59	4.95	10.78	25.8	20.5
60-64	8.53	19.34	21.4	16.5
65-69	15.38	33.90	17.2	12.9
70-74	29.87	57.44	13.4	9.8
75-79	55.45	97.00	10.1	7.2
80-84	94.25	156.73	7.5	5.2
85-89	147.49	251.17	5.6	3.6
90-94	209.82	361.44	4.3	2.7
95-99	289.60	488.28	3.3	2.0
100+	395.93	620.85	2.5	1.6

Mortality in Albania by year

Mortality in Albania, 1987

Year

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