Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 60.7 years in 1987: 62.5 for women and 59.0 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 529,964 people died; 30.3% of them were 65 or older and 38.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

60.7

Women

62.5

Men

59.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

76.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.6

Deaths

529,964

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

286

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

194

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	79.17	82.20	62.5	59.0
1-4	8.04	7.02	66.5	62.9
5-9	1.34	1.67	64.6	60.7
10-14	0.99	1.20	60.1	56.2
15-19	1.25	1.58	55.3	51.5
20-24	1.36	1.73	50.7	46.9
25-29	1.69	2.14	46.0	42.2
30-34	1.97	2.61	41.4	37.7
35-39	2.86	3.83	36.8	33.1
40-44	3.52	5.65	32.2	28.7
45-49	5.78	9.64	27.8	24.5
50-54	10.33	16.35	23.5	20.5
55-59	14.33	23.68	19.6	17.1
60-64	22.99	34.43	15.9	13.9
65-69	36.14	50.31	12.5	11.0
70-74	62.08	77.57	9.5	8.5
75-79	103.23	120.24	7.0	6.4
80-84	161.12	182.03	5.1	4.7
85-89	241.71	271.53	3.8	3.4
90-94	337.79	379.12	2.8	2.6
95-99	455.58	506.69	2.2	2.0
100+	580.65	634.80	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1987

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