Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 62.2 years in 1956: 64.3 for women and 60.3 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 18,506 people died; 40.5% of them were 65 or older and 29.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

62.2

Women

64.3

Men

60.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

87.4

Deaths

18,506

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.6

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

267

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

198

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	61.71	72.08	64.3	60.3
1-4	6.52	6.30	67.3	63.7
5-9	1.30	1.78	65.1	61.3
10-14	1.07	1.36	60.5	56.8
15-19	1.59	2.16	55.8	52.2
20-24	2.13	3.07	51.2	47.7
25-29	2.48	3.20	46.7	43.4
30-34	2.90	3.61	42.3	39.1
35-39	3.51	4.51	37.9	34.8
40-44	4.45	6.05	33.5	30.5
45-49	6.02	8.49	29.2	26.4
50-54	8.60	12.44	25.0	22.4
55-59	12.47	18.52	21.0	18.7
60-64	19.38	27.99	17.2	15.2
65-69	30.98	42.29	13.7	12.1
70-74	51.28	65.26	10.5	9.4
75-79	84.30	101.83	7.8	7.1
80-84	138.28	157.97	5.7	5.2
85-89	213.60	241.81	4.1	3.7
90-94	330.94	369.33	2.9	2.6
95-99	462.03	507.91	2.1	1.9
100+	612.30	655.91	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1956

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