Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 44.9 years in 1996: 47.5 for women and 42.6 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 43,961 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 53.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

44.9

Women

47.5

Men

42.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

154.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

239.7

Deaths

43,961

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.7

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

440

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

327

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	159.69	186.61	47.5	42.6
1-4	25.89	27.90	54.4	49.9
5-9	6.73	6.93	56.1	51.6
10-14	4.03	4.13	53.0	48.3
15-19	4.37	5.75	49.0	44.3
20-24	5.32	8.76	45.0	40.5
25-29	6.01	9.27	41.1	37.2
30-34	6.58	9.56	37.3	33.8
35-39	7.43	10.76	33.5	30.4
40-44	8.62	12.37	29.7	26.9
45-49	10.04	14.92	25.9	23.5
50-54	13.09	19.25	22.1	20.1
55-59	17.64	25.16	18.4	16.9
60-64	27.05	35.86	14.8	13.8
65-69	43.18	52.34	11.6	11.0
70-74	72.35	78.92	8.8	8.5
75-79	114.00	117.29	6.6	6.5
80-84	175.55	176.53	4.8	4.8
85-89	259.18	261.59	3.5	3.5
90-94	366.57	368.80	2.6	2.6
95-99	499.38	509.53	2.0	1.9
100+	612.67	612.48	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 1996

Year

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