Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 66.6 years in 1998: 68.7 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 459,864 people died; 42.2% of them were 65 or older and 22.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

66.6

Women

68.7

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.2

Deaths

459,864

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

233

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	41.30	45.29	68.7	64.5
1-4	3.06	2.90	70.6	66.5
5-9	0.69	0.89	67.5	63.2
10-14	0.52	0.70	62.7	58.5
15-19	0.72	1.08	57.8	53.7
20-24	0.76	1.15	53.0	49.0
25-29	0.90	1.28	48.2	44.3
30-34	1.11	1.63	43.4	39.5
35-39	1.71	2.59	38.7	34.8
40-44	2.35	4.42	34.0	30.2
45-49	4.07	7.78	29.3	25.9
50-54	7.96	13.07	24.9	21.8
55-59	12.30	20.00	20.8	18.1
60-64	19.30	30.15	16.9	14.7
65-69	30.64	45.25	13.4	11.7
70-74	52.95	70.00	10.2	9.0
75-79	91.02	109.26	7.5	6.8
80-84	147.39	167.20	5.4	5.0
85-89	229.42	252.35	3.9	3.6
90-94	331.61	359.39	2.9	2.7
95-99	456.36	485.36	2.2	2.0
100+	589.83	616.37	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 1998

Year

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