Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 53.0 years in 2003: 55.3 for women and 50.9 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 43,491 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 46.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

53.0

Women

55.3

Men

50.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

110.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

158.0

Deaths

43,491

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

368

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	110.26	129.68	55.3	50.9
1-4	13.25	14.20	60.6	56.7
5-9	3.72	3.84	59.8	55.9
10-14	2.38	2.50	55.9	51.9
15-19	2.88	4.04	51.5	47.6
20-24	3.63	6.40	47.2	43.5
25-29	4.23	6.79	43.0	39.8
30-34	4.86	7.05	38.9	36.1
35-39	5.79	8.05	34.8	32.3
40-44	7.07	9.55	30.7	28.5
45-49	8.67	12.00	26.8	24.8
50-54	11.61	16.04	22.8	21.2
55-59	15.90	21.70	19.0	17.7
60-64	24.33	31.50	15.4	14.5
65-69	39.21	46.93	12.1	11.5
70-74	67.08	72.72	9.1	8.9
75-79	108.47	111.23	6.8	6.7
80-84	169.12	169.94	5.0	5.0
85-89	250.60	251.63	3.6	3.6
90-94	354.07	352.41	2.7	2.7
95-99	484.76	478.97	2.0	2.1
100+	636.62	622.97	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2003

Year

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