Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 50.1 years in 1973: 53.2 for women and 47.2 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 623,163 people died; 18.6% of them were 65 or older and 55.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

50.1

Women

53.2

Men

47.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

145.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

229.6

Deaths

623,163

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.8

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

355

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

185

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	159.19	164.61	53.2	47.2
1-4	28.80	24.11	61.1	54.3
5-9	2.36	4.84	64.3	55.6
10-14	1.33	2.76	60.0	51.9
15-19	1.50	4.14	55.4	47.6
20-24	1.67	5.61	50.8	43.5
25-29	2.12	5.85	46.2	39.7
30-34	2.52	5.83	41.7	35.8
35-39	3.44	7.19	37.2	31.8
40-44	4.12	8.58	32.8	27.8
45-49	5.39	11.29	28.4	23.9
50-54	8.05	15.96	24.1	20.2
55-59	12.15	22.96	20.0	16.7
60-64	20.88	35.46	16.1	13.4
65-69	35.55	54.12	12.5	10.5
70-74	63.37	85.37	9.5	7.9
75-79	104.32	133.29	7.1	5.9
80-84	158.47	201.96	5.3	4.3
85-89	227.21	300.66	4.0	3.1
90-94	300.51	410.08	3.2	2.4
95-99	392.87	543.80	2.5	1.8
100+	496.77	695.27	2.0	1.4

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1973

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