Liberia Mortality 1990: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 37.6 years in 1990: 44.7 for women and 32.4 for men, a gap of 12.3 years. 64,905 people died; 10.5% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1990

Life expectancy at birth

37.6

Women

44.7

Men

32.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

163.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

256.4

Deaths

64,905

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.2

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

703

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

388

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1990's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1990

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	169.71	199.00	44.7	32.4
1-4	28.52	31.30	51.7	38.2
5-9	7.01	7.42	53.7	39.0
10-14	4.37	4.76	50.5	35.4
15-19	5.09	13.04	46.6	31.2
20-24	6.57	28.33	42.7	28.1
25-29	7.54	29.31	39.0	27.0
30-34	8.40	27.17	35.4	25.9
35-39	9.71	25.82	31.9	24.3
40-44	11.45	25.55	28.3	22.3
45-49	12.71	27.09	24.8	20.0
50-54	15.91	30.03	21.3	17.5
55-59	20.56	36.32	17.8	14.9
60-64	30.06	46.38	14.5	12.4
65-69	46.15	63.56	11.4	10.0
70-74	74.21	90.80	8.8	7.9
75-79	114.96	128.62	6.6	6.0
80-84	172.10	194.38	4.9	4.4
85-89	249.80	295.35	3.7	3.2
90-94	345.36	427.05	2.8	2.3
95-99	460.24	549.49	2.1	1.8
100+	587.27	648.68	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 1990

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