Life expectancy at birth in Egypt was 69.5 years in 2012: 71.9 for women and 67.1 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 558,906 people died; 47.7% of them were 65 or older and 12.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

69.5

Women

71.9

Men

67.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.3

Deaths

558,906

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

214

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

128

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	20.21	23.44	71.9	67.1
1-4	1.25	1.25	72.4	67.7
5-9	0.47	0.63	68.7	64.0
10-14	0.31	0.54	63.9	59.2
15-19	0.48	1.04	59.0	54.4
20-24	0.57	1.26	54.1	49.6
25-29	0.73	1.34	49.2	44.9
30-34	0.91	1.49	44.4	40.2
35-39	1.26	1.88	39.6	35.5
40-44	1.87	3.01	34.8	30.8
45-49	3.41	6.06	30.1	26.2
50-54	6.79	12.12	25.6	21.9
55-59	11.24	19.77	21.4	18.2
60-64	17.73	29.89	17.5	14.8
65-69	28.36	45.29	13.9	11.7
70-74	48.10	69.17	10.6	9.1
75-79	83.91	107.66	7.8	6.8
80-84	140.22	164.38	5.6	5.0
85-89	228.21	249.28	3.9	3.7
90-94	344.35	360.30	2.8	2.7
95-99	487.09	492.06	2.0	2.0
100+	634.52	627.71	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Egypt by year

Mortality in Egypt, 2012

Year

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