Life expectancy at birth in Algeria was 71.9 years in 2003: 73.0 for women and 70.8 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 156,839 people died; 52.7% of them were 65 or older and 14.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

71.9

Women

73.0

Men

70.8

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.4

Deaths

156,839

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.9

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

126

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

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	28.75	34.08	73.0	70.8
1-4	1.73	1.79	74.1	72.3
5-9	0.65	0.74	70.6	68.8
10-14	0.50	0.64	65.9	64.0
15-19	0.60	0.89	61.0	59.2
20-24	0.75	1.22	56.2	54.5
25-29	0.91	1.46	51.4	49.8
30-34	1.17	1.59	46.6	45.1
35-39	1.64	1.82	41.9	40.5
40-44	2.33	2.46	37.2	35.8
45-49	3.10	3.53	32.6	31.2
50-54	4.44	5.37	28.1	26.7
55-59	6.89	8.60	23.6	22.4
60-64	12.07	15.15	19.4	18.3
65-69	21.27	26.68	15.4	14.5
70-74	38.63	45.08	11.9	11.2
75-79	68.77	76.25	8.8	8.4
80-84	115.79	124.02	6.4	6.1
85-89	183.73	199.92	4.7	4.4
90-94	269.88	291.80	3.4	3.2
95-99	378.32	400.85	2.6	2.4
100+	507.18	528.79	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Algeria by year

Mortality in Algeria, 2003

Year

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