Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 39.1 years in 1954: 41.4 for women and 36.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 637,574 people died; 8.3% of them were 65 or older and 72.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

39.1

Women

41.4

Men

36.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

204.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

383.1

Deaths

637,574

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.5

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

357

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

239

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	229.27	248.28	41.4	36.9
1-4	70.72	62.41	50.6	45.8
5-9	3.71	8.07	61.8	53.8
10-14	2.45	4.32	57.9	51.0
15-19	2.42	5.22	53.6	47.0
20-24	2.87	6.66	49.2	43.2
25-29	3.43	6.69	44.9	39.6
30-34	4.08	6.55	40.7	35.8
35-39	5.02	7.69	36.4	31.9
40-44	5.96	8.96	32.3	28.1
45-49	7.07	11.07	28.2	24.3
50-54	9.58	14.33	24.1	20.5
55-59	14.24	21.08	20.2	16.8
60-64	21.71	33.76	16.5	13.4
65-69	34.78	53.05	13.1	10.4
70-74	59.88	86.39	10.1	7.8
75-79	94.18	137.82	7.7	5.7
80-84	138.70	211.20	5.9	4.2
85-89	194.17	318.26	4.6	3.0
90-94	252.42	428.55	3.7	2.3
95-99	328.08	563.84	2.9	1.8
100+	419.41	687.14	2.4	1.5

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1954

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