Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 52.5 years in 1976: 55.0 for women and 50.1 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 611,010 people died; 20.7% of them were 65 or older and 53.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

52.5

Women

55.0

Men

50.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

134.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

205.7

Deaths

611,010

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.4

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

327

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

182

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	145.43	150.28	55.0	50.1
1-4	23.86	20.12	62.3	56.9
5-9	2.12	3.64	64.3	57.5
10-14	1.30	2.24	60.0	53.5
15-19	1.53	3.08	55.4	49.1
20-24	1.64	3.59	50.8	44.8
25-29	2.08	4.02	46.2	40.6
30-34	2.45	4.30	41.6	36.4
35-39	3.37	5.93	37.1	32.1
40-44	3.84	7.46	32.7	28.0
45-49	5.16	10.52	28.3	24.0
50-54	8.14	16.41	23.9	20.1
55-59	12.02	23.70	19.8	16.6
60-64	21.04	35.71	15.9	13.4
65-69	36.19	53.66	12.4	10.5
70-74	64.87	84.60	9.3	8.0
75-79	107.57	132.55	6.9	5.9
80-84	164.12	200.86	5.1	4.3
85-89	236.27	298.41	3.9	3.2
90-94	313.14	405.88	3.0	2.4
95-99	408.80	532.74	2.4	1.9
100+	514.56	655.35	1.9	1.5

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1976

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