Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 59.6 years in 1979: 63.7 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 7.9 years. 29,732 people died; 33.6% of them were 65 or older and 22.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

63.7

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.4

Deaths

29,732

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

386

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

214

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	48.17	55.40	63.7	55.8
1-4	7.31	6.93	65.8	57.9
5-9	2.46	2.51	63.7	55.5
10-14	1.33	1.80	59.5	51.2
15-19	1.62	4.55	54.8	46.6
20-24	2.16	8.34	50.3	42.6
25-29	2.57	8.54	45.8	39.3
30-34	2.94	7.91	41.3	35.9
35-39	3.64	8.40	36.9	32.3
40-44	4.93	9.43	32.5	28.5
45-49	6.90	11.87	28.3	24.8
50-54	9.57	15.84	24.2	21.1
55-59	13.80	22.58	20.3	17.7
60-64	21.44	32.29	16.5	14.5
65-69	34.80	47.65	13.1	11.6
70-74	56.64	71.29	10.1	9.0
75-79	87.44	104.46	7.6	6.9
80-84	146.85	166.13	5.4	4.9
85-89	231.06	259.94	3.8	3.5
90-94	365.32	407.41	2.6	2.4
95-99	522.35	568.33	1.9	1.7
100+	693.34	730.73	1.4	1.4

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1979

Year

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