Life expectancy at birth in Algeria was 67.5 years in 1989: 68.1 for women and 66.9 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 146,101 people died; 34.7% of them were 65 or older and 29.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

67.5

Women

68.1

Men

66.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.2

Deaths

146,101

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.9

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

170

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

163

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	41.35	49.59	68.1	66.9
1-4	2.62	2.81	69.9	69.2
5-9	1.60	1.43	66.6	66.0
10-14	1.17	1.29	62.1	61.4
15-19	1.28	1.62	57.5	56.8
20-24	1.49	1.74	52.9	52.2
25-29	1.76	1.91	48.2	47.7
30-34	2.21	2.17	43.6	43.1
35-39	3.01	2.85	39.1	38.5
40-44	3.75	3.57	34.6	34.1
45-49	4.43	4.59	30.2	29.6
50-54	6.69	7.06	25.9	25.3
55-59	10.95	11.65	21.7	21.1
60-64	14.99	18.28	17.7	17.2
65-69	31.04	32.47	13.9	13.6
70-74	48.38	51.61	10.8	10.5
75-79	84.04	83.93	8.1	7.9
80-84	128.35	138.19	6.0	5.7
85-89	199.43	214.54	4.4	4.1
90-94	296.14	316.57	3.2	3.0
95-99	413.14	438.62	2.4	2.2
100+	547.38	574.22	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Algeria by year

Mortality in Algeria, 1989

Year

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