Life expectancy at birth in Albania was 74.6 years in 1999: 77.8 for women and 71.4 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 17,872 people died; 60.9% of them were 65 or older and 9.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

74.6

Women

77.8

Men

71.4

Life expectancy at 65

16.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.3

Deaths

17,872

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.6

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

135

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	21.23	27.54	77.8	71.4
1-4	1.02	1.18	78.5	72.4
5-9	0.44	0.72	74.8	68.7
10-14	0.27	0.56	70.0	64.0
15-19	0.49	1.18	65.0	59.1
20-24	0.57	2.19	60.2	54.5
25-29	0.66	2.36	55.4	50.0
30-34	0.67	2.20	50.5	45.6
35-39	0.94	2.17	45.7	41.1
40-44	1.29	2.51	40.9	36.5
45-49	1.77	3.25	36.1	31.9
50-54	2.49	4.90	31.4	27.4
55-59	4.15	8.32	26.8	23.0
60-64	7.37	14.54	22.3	18.9
65-69	13.55	25.44	18.1	15.1
70-74	25.94	41.90	14.1	11.8
75-79	48.44	69.33	10.7	9.0
80-84	84.32	111.10	8.0	6.6
85-89	136.39	176.24	5.9	4.8
90-94	201.03	257.69	4.4	3.6
95-99	285.77	357.15	3.3	2.7
100+	400.26	479.50	2.5	2.1

Mortality in Albania by year

Mortality in Albania, 1999

Year

Country