Life expectancy at birth in Algeria was 74.4 years in 2011: 75.5 for women and 73.3 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 171,895 people died; 55.7% of them were 65 or older and 14.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

74.4

Women

75.5

Men

73.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.3

Deaths

171,895

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.7

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

103

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	21.40	25.11	75.6	73.3
1-4	1.15	1.17	76.2	74.1
5-9	0.40	0.48	72.5	70.5
10-14	0.33	0.44	67.7	65.6
15-19	0.42	0.69	62.8	60.8
20-24	0.47	0.92	57.9	56.0
25-29	0.62	1.08	53.0	51.2
30-34	0.88	1.17	48.2	46.5
35-39	1.28	1.45	43.4	41.7
40-44	1.75	1.91	38.6	37.0
45-49	2.58	2.90	34.0	32.3
50-54	3.64	4.33	29.4	27.8
55-59	5.90	7.33	24.8	23.3
60-64	10.20	13.12	20.5	19.1
65-69	17.92	23.50	16.4	15.2
70-74	32.84	40.28	12.7	11.8
75-79	59.48	69.16	9.6	8.8
80-84	101.98	113.79	7.0	6.5
85-89	164.67	186.02	5.1	4.6
90-94	245.45	274.50	3.7	3.4
95-99	349.12	380.77	2.7	2.5
100+	477.10	508.39	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Algeria by year

Mortality in Algeria, 2011

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