Liberia Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 51.9 years in 2000: 53.5 for women and 50.3 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 43,462 people died; 15.3% of them were 65 or older and 53.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

51.9

Women

53.5

Men

50.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

186.4

Deaths

43,462

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.8

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

328

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

272

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	129.46	151.81	53.5	50.3
1-4	16.73	18.14	59.6	57.2
5-9	4.32	4.52	59.6	57.4
10-14	2.78	2.76	55.9	53.7
15-19	3.22	3.50	51.6	49.4
20-24	3.96	4.84	47.4	45.2
25-29	4.50	5.15	43.3	41.2
30-34	5.05	5.69	39.2	37.3
35-39	5.84	6.77	35.2	33.3
40-44	6.89	8.35	31.2	29.3
45-49	8.18	10.69	27.2	25.4
50-54	10.95	14.61	23.2	21.7
55-59	14.99	19.89	19.3	18.2
60-64	23.15	29.48	15.6	14.8
65-69	37.56	44.58	12.2	11.7
70-74	65.13	70.20	9.3	9.0
75-79	107.13	109.45	6.9	6.8
80-84	166.15	166.18	5.1	5.1
85-89	243.39	243.90	3.7	3.7
90-94	339.72	337.73	2.8	2.8
95-99	456.68	451.78	2.2	2.2
100+	586.61	573.53	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2000

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