Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 62.0 years in 1986: 68.2 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 11.6 years. 29,111 people died; 32.0% of them were 65 or older and 15.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

62.0

Women

68.2

Men

56.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.8

Deaths

29,111

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

418

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

177

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	33.69	38.16	68.2	56.5
1-4	3.45	3.30	69.5	57.7
5-9	1.22	1.30	66.4	54.4
10-14	0.76	1.14	61.8	49.8
15-19	1.13	5.16	57.0	45.0
20-24	1.61	11.58	52.3	41.1
25-29	1.90	11.79	47.7	38.5
30-34	2.25	10.63	43.2	35.6
35-39	2.92	10.10	38.6	32.4
40-44	4.10	10.39	34.2	29.0
45-49	5.66	12.17	29.8	25.4
50-54	7.91	15.10	25.6	21.8
55-59	11.43	21.11	21.5	18.4
60-64	17.60	29.41	17.6	15.1
65-69	28.92	43.35	14.0	12.1
70-74	48.35	65.31	10.8	9.4
75-79	78.91	97.30	8.1	7.1
80-84	134.15	157.34	5.8	5.1
85-89	213.62	252.10	4.1	3.6
90-94	322.60	397.68	2.9	2.4
95-99	484.14	563.92	2.0	1.8
100+	651.47	746.83	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1986

Year

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