Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 53.1 years in 2001: 54.6 for women and 51.6 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 42,147 people died; 16.2% of them were 65 or older and 51.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

53.1

Women

54.6

Men

51.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

174.3

Deaths

42,147

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

316

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

266

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	122.02	143.27	54.6	51.6
1-4	14.99	16.25	60.5	58.3
5-9	3.92	4.10	60.1	58.1
10-14	2.55	2.54	56.3	54.3
15-19	3.02	3.26	52.0	49.9
20-24	3.73	4.51	47.7	45.7
25-29	4.26	4.79	43.6	41.7
30-34	4.82	5.31	39.4	37.6
35-39	5.63	6.36	35.3	33.6
40-44	6.69	7.91	31.3	29.6
45-49	8.02	10.23	27.3	25.7
50-54	10.79	14.09	23.3	21.9
55-59	14.80	19.32	19.4	18.3
60-64	22.86	28.77	15.7	14.9
65-69	37.13	43.71	12.3	11.8
70-74	64.56	69.29	9.3	9.1
75-79	106.52	108.64	6.9	6.8
80-84	165.47	165.45	5.1	5.1
85-89	242.59	242.92	3.8	3.8
90-94	338.85	336.48	2.8	2.8
95-99	455.72	450.14	2.2	2.2
100+	586.17	572.08	1.7	1.8

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2001

Year

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