Life expectancy at birth in Albania was 73.4 years in 1997: 77.1 for women and 69.9 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 18,862 people died; 56.5% of them were 65 or older and 11.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

73.4

Women

77.1

Men

69.9

Life expectancy at 65

16.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.0

Deaths

18,862

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

155

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	24.02	30.90	77.1	69.9
1-4	1.49	1.64	77.9	71.0
5-9	0.59	0.84	74.4	67.5
10-14	0.34	0.70	69.6	62.8
15-19	0.57	1.51	64.7	58.0
20-24	0.64	2.82	59.9	53.4
25-29	0.71	2.89	55.1	49.1
30-34	0.75	2.64	50.2	44.8
35-39	1.05	2.50	45.4	40.4
40-44	1.40	2.91	40.6	35.8
45-49	1.88	3.61	35.9	31.3
50-54	2.68	5.53	31.2	26.8
55-59	4.42	9.24	26.6	22.5
60-64	7.73	15.72	22.1	18.5
65-69	14.09	26.99	17.9	14.8
70-74	26.77	44.10	14.0	11.5
75-79	49.17	72.18	10.7	8.7
80-84	85.26	115.64	7.9	6.5
85-89	137.32	183.42	5.8	4.7
90-94	201.72	267.72	4.4	3.5
95-99	285.95	369.53	3.3	2.6
100+	399.68	492.81	2.5	2.0

Mortality in Albania by year

Mortality in Albania, 1997

Year

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