Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 64.1 years in 1993: 65.9 for women and 62.3 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 484,861 people died; 37.8% of them were 65 or older and 28.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

64.1

Women

65.9

Men

62.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.6

Deaths

484,861

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

252

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

166

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	56.71	59.59	65.9	62.3
1-4	4.80	4.28	68.7	65.1
5-9	0.95	1.17	66.0	62.2
10-14	0.71	0.86	61.3	57.5
15-19	0.92	1.20	56.5	52.8
20-24	0.98	1.30	51.8	48.1
25-29	1.19	1.58	47.0	43.4
30-34	1.44	2.07	42.3	38.7
35-39	2.13	3.11	37.6	34.1
40-44	2.78	4.75	32.9	29.6
45-49	4.80	8.19	28.4	25.2
50-54	8.97	14.20	24.0	21.2
55-59	13.10	21.45	20.0	17.5
60-64	21.28	32.08	16.1	14.2
65-69	34.30	48.08	12.7	11.3
70-74	59.77	74.80	9.6	8.6
75-79	101.88	117.23	7.0	6.5
80-84	162.13	178.78	5.1	4.7
85-89	246.80	267.65	3.7	3.5
90-94	347.29	374.56	2.8	2.6
95-99	467.87	499.03	2.1	2.0
100+	594.92	626.25	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1993

Year

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