Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 36.4 years in 1976: 45.5 for women and 30.6 for men, a gap of 14.9 years. 75,437 people died; 22.5% of them were 65 or older and 22.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

36.4

Women

45.5

Men

30.6

Life expectancy at 65

8.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

189.4

Deaths

75,437

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.7

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

826

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

438

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	94.54	107.16	45.5	30.6
1-4	28.57	27.43	48.9	32.9
5-9	10.77	9.99	50.6	32.5
10-14	4.78	6.78	48.2	29.1
15-19	4.72	19.83	44.4	25.0
20-24	6.00	39.22	40.3	22.3
25-29	7.12	40.39	36.5	21.6
30-34	7.73	35.52	32.7	20.9
35-39	9.22	35.35	28.9	19.5
40-44	12.57	35.48	25.2	17.8
45-49	16.94	39.24	21.6	15.8
50-54	21.48	45.60	18.3	13.7
55-59	29.16	57.73	15.1	11.6
60-64	43.97	73.24	12.1	9.6
65-69	69.20	98.32	9.4	7.8
70-74	104.69	132.52	7.3	6.3
75-79	131.92	160.52	5.8	5.1
80-84	214.63	247.06	4.0	3.6
85-89	345.79	394.09	2.7	2.4
90-94	544.18	608.81	1.8	1.6
95-99	774.77	849.89	1.3	1.2
100+	1000.00	1000.00	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1976

Year

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