Algeria Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Algeria was 40.9 years in 1955: 44.1 for women and 38.2 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 245,926 people died; 12.2% of them were 65 or older and 50.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

40.9

Women

44.1

Men

38.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

162.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

249.3

Deaths

245,926

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.0

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

572

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

396

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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	176.02	191.33	44.1	38.2
1-4	28.52	26.65	51.3	44.9
5-9	7.00	6.47	53.2	45.7
10-14	4.38	4.06	50.0	42.1
15-19	5.76	8.71	46.1	37.9
20-24	7.23	16.91	42.3	34.5
25-29	8.02	17.18	38.8	32.3
30-34	8.99	16.55	35.3	30.0
35-39	10.05	16.84	31.8	27.4
40-44	11.42	18.12	28.3	24.5
45-49	12.46	20.45	24.8	21.6
50-54	15.83	24.29	21.3	18.7
55-59	20.83	30.46	17.8	15.8
60-64	31.49	41.47	14.5	13.0
65-69	46.58	58.06	11.5	10.4
70-74	74.03	86.76	8.9	8.1
75-79	111.52	127.06	6.8	6.1
80-84	165.83	192.13	5.1	4.6
85-89	236.58	272.14	3.9	3.4
90-94	321.70	365.88	3.0	2.6
95-99	425.28	471.89	2.3	2.1
100+	539.17	584.28	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Algeria by year

Mortality in Algeria, 1955

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