Liberia Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 42.5 years in 1975: 43.4 for women and 41.5 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 36,891 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 55.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

42.5

Women

43.4

Men

41.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

166.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

263.0

Deaths

36,891

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.1

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

422

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

412

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	172.76	203.56	43.5	41.5
1-4	29.69	32.92	50.3	49.4
5-9	7.30	7.78	52.4	52.1
10-14	4.61	4.51	49.3	49.1
15-19	5.30	5.27	45.4	45.1
20-24	6.89	7.35	41.5	41.3
25-29	8.24	7.98	37.9	37.7
30-34	9.32	8.80	34.4	34.1
35-39	10.58	10.23	30.9	30.6
40-44	11.93	12.03	27.4	27.0
45-49	13.53	14.56	23.9	23.5
50-54	17.32	18.89	20.4	20.1
55-59	22.79	24.49	17.1	16.9
60-64	33.96	35.27	13.8	13.7
65-69	51.54	51.93	10.9	10.9
70-74	81.06	79.82	8.4	8.4
75-79	122.59	121.85	6.4	6.3
80-84	179.57	181.70	4.8	4.7
85-89	257.16	263.28	3.6	3.5
90-94	350.73	359.49	2.7	2.7
95-99	462.91	475.45	2.1	2.1
100+	586.41	598.09	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 1975

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