Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 66.2 years in 1972: 68.0 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 19,607 people died; 43.3% of them were 65 or older and 24.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

66.2

Women

68.0

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.2

Deaths

19,607

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

220

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

166

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	44.14	50.96	68.0	64.5
1-4	3.66	3.43	70.0	66.8
5-9	0.84	1.15	67.0	63.7
10-14	0.69	0.90	62.3	59.1
15-19	1.09	1.56	57.5	54.3
20-24	1.51	2.22	52.8	49.7
25-29	1.79	2.26	48.1	45.3
30-34	2.13	2.52	43.6	40.7
35-39	2.68	3.23	39.0	36.2
40-44	3.56	4.53	34.5	31.8
45-49	5.07	6.78	30.1	27.4
50-54	7.41	10.39	25.8	23.3
55-59	11.00	16.17	21.6	19.4
60-64	17.31	24.97	17.7	15.8
65-69	28.34	38.61	14.1	12.6
70-74	47.71	60.64	10.8	9.7
75-79	79.82	95.82	8.1	7.3
80-84	133.15	151.08	5.8	5.3
85-89	208.07	234.51	4.2	3.8
90-94	326.81	362.92	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.06	504.02	2.1	2.0
100+	612.11	655.35	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1972

Year

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