Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 61.9 years in 1989: 63.7 for women and 60.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 516,059 people died; 32.8% of them were 65 or older and 34.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

61.9

Women

63.7

Men

60.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

68.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

91.1

Deaths

516,059

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

275

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	70.37	73.27	63.7	60.2
1-4	6.67	5.85	67.2	63.7
5-9	1.20	1.49	65.0	61.1
10-14	0.90	1.07	60.4	56.6
15-19	1.13	1.43	55.6	51.9
20-24	1.23	1.56	50.9	47.2
25-29	1.52	1.94	46.2	42.6
30-34	1.80	2.44	41.6	38.0
35-39	2.61	3.58	36.9	33.4
40-44	3.29	5.30	32.4	29.0
45-49	5.55	9.17	27.9	24.7
50-54	10.06	15.76	23.6	20.7
55-59	14.09	23.03	19.6	17.2
60-64	22.67	33.77	15.9	14.0
65-69	35.89	49.82	12.5	11.1
70-74	61.92	77.07	9.4	8.5
75-79	103.81	119.93	7.0	6.4
80-84	163.02	181.91	5.1	4.7
85-89	245.63	271.38	3.7	3.4
90-94	343.71	378.66	2.8	2.6
95-99	462.40	505.11	2.1	2.0
100+	587.89	632.51	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1989

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