Life expectancy at birth in Algeria was 61.3 years in 1983: 62.7 for women and 59.8 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 187,310 people died; 22.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

61.3

Women

62.7

Men

59.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

102.0

Deaths

187,310

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

256

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

207

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	77.38	87.79	62.7	59.9
1-4	6.53	6.59	66.7	64.2
5-9	2.48	2.48	64.4	61.9
10-14	1.64	1.81	60.2	57.6
15-19	1.96	2.25	55.7	53.1
20-24	2.54	2.87	51.2	48.7
25-29	2.86	2.98	46.8	44.4
30-34	3.38	3.84	42.4	40.0
35-39	4.45	5.41	38.1	35.7
40-44	4.86	6.17	33.9	31.6
45-49	5.58	7.47	29.7	27.5
50-54	8.17	11.21	25.5	23.5
55-59	12.64	16.96	21.4	19.7
60-64	18.73	25.10	17.6	16.2
65-69	32.57	39.72	14.1	13.0
70-74	49.41	56.23	11.2	10.3
75-79	79.92	87.55	8.6	7.9
80-84	115.27	134.82	6.6	5.9
85-89	170.45	197.34	5.0	4.5
90-94	244.36	278.98	3.7	3.4
95-99	336.06	378.58	2.9	2.6
100+	451.10	496.20	2.2	2.0

Mortality in Algeria by year

Mortality in Algeria, 1983

Year

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