Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 51.0 years in 1974: 53.8 for women and 48.5 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 615,787 people died; 19.4% 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, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

51.0

Women

53.8

Men

48.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

142.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

222.5

Deaths

615,787

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.2

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

335

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	155.19	160.40	53.8	48.5
1-4	27.28	22.88	61.5	55.6
5-9	2.29	4.44	64.3	56.7
10-14	1.32	2.58	60.0	52.9
15-19	1.51	3.60	55.4	48.6
20-24	1.64	4.41	50.8	44.4
25-29	2.09	4.71	46.2	40.3
30-34	2.48	4.87	41.7	36.2
35-39	3.39	6.40	37.2	32.1
40-44	3.98	7.88	32.7	28.0
45-49	5.26	10.74	28.4	24.1
50-54	8.02	15.86	24.0	20.2
55-59	12.04	22.90	19.9	16.7
60-64	20.90	35.26	16.0	13.4
65-69	35.80	53.69	12.5	10.5
70-74	63.99	84.83	9.4	8.0
75-79	105.63	132.82	7.0	5.9
80-84	160.69	201.22	5.2	4.3
85-89	230.65	299.27	4.0	3.1
90-94	305.04	407.48	3.1	2.4
95-99	398.33	535.88	2.5	1.9
100+	502.54	659.24	2.0	1.5

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1974

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