Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 60.8 years in 1983: 67.2 for women and 55.1 for men, a gap of 12.1 years. 29,332 people died; 31.3% of them were 65 or older and 17.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

60.8

Women

67.2

Men

55.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.2

Deaths

29,332

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

439

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

186

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	37.88	43.19	67.2	55.1
1-4	4.02	3.84	68.8	56.5
5-9	1.33	1.44	65.9	53.4
10-14	0.84	1.26	61.3	48.7
15-19	1.24	5.56	56.5	44.0
20-24	1.75	12.45	51.9	40.2
25-29	2.06	12.68	47.3	37.6
30-34	2.43	11.44	42.8	34.9
35-39	3.14	10.90	38.3	31.8
40-44	4.37	11.19	33.8	28.5
45-49	5.97	13.03	29.5	24.9
50-54	8.30	16.05	25.3	21.5
55-59	11.92	22.24	21.3	18.0
60-64	18.28	30.76	17.4	14.9
65-69	29.86	45.02	13.8	11.9
70-74	49.68	67.42	10.7	9.3
75-79	80.73	99.98	8.0	7.0
80-84	136.24	160.48	5.7	5.1
85-89	215.50	254.39	4.0	3.5
90-94	340.36	398.22	2.8	2.4
95-99	484.94	564.04	2.0	1.8
100+	648.97	742.50	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1983

Year

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