Life expectancy at birth in Bahrain was 74.9 years in 2001: 76.4 for women and 73.9 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 1,769 people died; 46.9% of them were 65 or older and 9.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

74.9

Women

76.4

Men

73.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.2

Deaths

1,769

Deaths per 1,000 people

2.5

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 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	9.90	10.83	76.4	73.9
1-4	0.49	0.46	76.2	73.7
5-9	0.29	0.30	72.3	69.8
10-14	0.21	0.26	67.4	64.9
15-19	0.36	0.59	62.5	60.0
20-24	0.49	0.76	57.6	55.1
25-29	0.58	0.71	52.7	50.3
30-34	0.73	0.80	47.9	45.5
35-39	0.96	1.05	43.0	40.7
40-44	1.41	1.64	38.2	35.9
45-49	2.27	2.83	33.5	31.2
50-54	3.71	4.86	28.8	26.6
55-59	6.02	8.49	24.3	22.2
60-64	9.89	14.15	20.0	18.0
65-69	17.71	24.15	15.9	14.1
70-74	33.30	44.24	12.1	10.6
75-79	63.87	83.39	8.8	7.6
80-84	118.40	151.39	6.2	5.2
85-89	201.97	249.52	4.3	3.6
90-94	318.26	375.07	3.0	2.6
95-99	464.36	516.85	2.1	1.9
100+	620.73	661.38	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Bahrain by year

Mortality in Bahrain, 2001

Year

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