Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 62.9 years in 1988: 66.5 for women and 59.5 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 29,343 people died; 34.3% of them were 65 or older and 19.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

66.5

Men

59.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.3

Deaths

29,343

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.5

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

335

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	35.27	39.75	66.5	59.5
1-4	5.35	5.13	67.9	60.8
5-9	2.01	1.97	65.3	58.1
10-14	1.07	1.42	60.9	53.6
15-19	1.30	3.72	56.2	49.0
20-24	1.73	6.84	51.6	44.9
25-29	2.08	6.99	47.0	41.3
30-34	2.40	6.44	42.5	37.7
35-39	3.03	6.81	38.0	33.9
40-44	4.18	7.68	33.5	30.0
45-49	6.00	9.86	29.2	26.0
50-54	8.43	13.42	25.0	22.2
55-59	12.31	19.60	20.9	18.6
60-64	19.27	28.49	17.1	15.2
65-69	31.74	42.81	13.6	12.2
70-74	52.30	65.02	10.5	9.5
75-79	81.77	96.29	7.8	7.2
80-84	140.43	156.96	5.6	5.1
85-89	226.60	253.34	3.9	3.5
90-94	346.31	404.41	2.7	2.4
95-99	521.24	574.34	1.9	1.7
100+	708.47	763.94	1.4	1.3

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1988

Year

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