Life expectancy at birth in Algeria was 70.1 years in 1999: 71.5 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 158,634 people died; 47.1% of them were 65 or older and 16.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

70.1

Women

71.5

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.9

Deaths

158,634

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

159

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

125

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	32.90	39.51	71.5	68.8
1-4	1.95	2.07	72.9	70.5
5-9	0.78	0.97	69.4	67.1
10-14	0.58	0.79	64.7	62.4
15-19	0.73	1.23	59.9	57.6
20-24	0.95	1.84	55.1	52.9
25-29	1.13	2.08	50.3	48.4
30-34	1.47	2.14	45.6	43.9
35-39	2.12	2.51	40.9	39.3
40-44	2.87	3.25	36.3	34.8
45-49	3.91	4.50	31.8	30.3
50-54	5.33	6.69	27.4	26.0
55-59	8.19	10.48	23.1	21.8
60-64	13.74	17.46	18.9	17.8
65-69	23.32	29.31	15.1	14.2
70-74	41.08	47.96	11.6	11.0
75-79	71.57	78.77	8.7	8.3
80-84	118.43	125.27	6.4	6.1
85-89	186.39	196.69	4.6	4.4
90-94	273.29	283.85	3.4	3.3
95-99	381.94	388.44	2.5	2.5
100+	510.20	512.30	2.0	2.0

Mortality in Algeria by year

Mortality in Algeria, 1999

Year

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