Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Iraq, 1987

Iraq
1987
Life expectancy: 60.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Life expectancy at birth in Iraq was 60.3 years in 1987: 68.2 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 14.8 years. 155,513 people died; 30.6% of them were 65 or older and 23.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
60.3
Women
68.2
Men
53.4
Life expectancy at 65
13.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
46.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
57.8
Deaths
155,513
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
470
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
171
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.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
044.0252.1968.253.4
1-42.943.0970.255.2
5-90.711.7067.051.9
10-140.601.5862.347.3
15-191.055.9357.542.6
20-241.5513.1052.738.8
25-291.8113.4248.136.3
30-342.1712.4743.533.6
35-392.8512.1039.030.6
40-443.9812.7134.527.4
45-495.4014.7030.224.0
50-547.5918.0425.920.7
55-5910.9724.4621.817.4
60-6416.8033.6917.914.3
65-6927.5048.5214.211.5
70-7446.4072.0111.08.9
75-7978.06107.848.26.8
80-84131.13167.415.94.9
85-89206.13258.914.23.5
90-94325.53401.352.92.4
95-99460.32569.832.11.7
100+614.59772.201.61.3