Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 58.0 years in 1983: 59.8 for women and 56.1 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 559,938 people died; 26.1% of them were 65 or older and 45.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

58.0

Women

59.8

Men

56.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

97.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

137.8

Deaths

559,938

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

299

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

193

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	102.68	106.27	59.8	56.1
1-4	12.42	10.72	65.1	61.2
5-9	1.61	2.02	64.3	59.8
10-14	1.15	1.42	59.8	55.4
15-19	1.45	1.88	55.2	50.8
20-24	1.55	1.99	50.6	46.3
25-29	1.93	2.47	45.9	41.7
30-34	2.23	2.91	41.3	37.2
35-39	3.19	4.34	36.8	32.7
40-44	3.70	6.18	32.3	28.3
45-49	5.58	9.85	27.9	24.2
50-54	9.68	16.73	23.6	20.2
55-59	13.58	24.61	19.6	16.8
60-64	22.49	35.62	15.8	13.6
65-69	36.39	51.76	12.4	10.8
70-74	63.49	80.40	9.4	8.3
75-79	105.34	125.17	7.0	6.2
80-84	162.72	189.44	5.1	4.5
85-89	239.97	281.52	3.8	3.3
90-94	329.13	388.35	2.9	2.5
95-99	439.09	514.98	2.2	1.9
100+	557.51	640.45	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1983

Year

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