Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 60.0 years in 1978: 64.0 for women and 56.4 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 28,577 people died; 34.1% of them were 65 or older and 23.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

60.0

Women

64.0

Men

56.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

75.7

Deaths

28,577

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

374

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	48.45	55.88	64.0	56.4
1-4	7.04	6.65	66.1	58.5
5-9	2.32	2.41	63.9	56.1
10-14	1.28	1.74	59.7	51.7
15-19	1.58	4.31	55.0	47.1
20-24	2.12	7.82	50.4	43.1
25-29	2.51	8.01	45.9	39.7
30-34	2.89	7.46	41.5	36.3
35-39	3.57	7.98	37.1	32.5
40-44	4.83	9.04	32.7	28.8
45-49	6.76	11.48	28.4	25.0
50-54	9.41	15.42	24.3	21.3
55-59	13.58	22.09	20.4	17.8
60-64	21.12	31.76	16.6	14.6
65-69	34.28	46.99	13.2	11.7
70-74	55.93	70.55	10.1	9.1
75-79	86.91	104.00	7.6	6.9
80-84	145.44	164.76	5.5	5.0
85-89	228.92	257.91	3.9	3.5
90-94	361.50	402.92	2.6	2.4
95-99	516.16	560.40	1.9	1.8
100+	689.89	727.17	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1978

Year

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