Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 55.9 years in 2004: 57.4 for women and 54.5 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 38,045 people died; 19.1% of them were 65 or older and 47.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

55.9

Women

57.4

Men

54.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

141.6

Deaths

38,045

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

306

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

259

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	101.09	119.24	57.4	54.5
1-4	10.77	11.68	62.3	60.3
5-9	2.93	3.12	61.0	59.1
10-14	2.00	2.05	56.9	54.9
15-19	2.54	2.82	52.4	50.5
20-24	3.23	3.95	48.1	46.2
25-29	3.80	4.29	43.8	42.0
30-34	4.43	4.87	39.6	37.9
35-39	5.33	5.98	35.4	33.8
40-44	6.51	7.60	31.3	29.7
45-49	8.03	10.02	27.3	25.8
50-54	10.89	13.96	23.3	21.9
55-59	15.02	19.33	19.4	18.3
60-64	23.02	28.80	15.7	15.0
65-69	37.14	43.57	12.3	11.9
70-74	64.08	68.59	9.3	9.1
75-79	105.45	107.29	6.9	6.9
80-84	163.82	163.54	5.1	5.1
85-89	240.89	240.47	3.8	3.8
90-94	337.47	333.59	2.8	2.9
95-99	454.95	446.75	2.2	2.2
100+	586.41	568.93	1.7	1.8

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2004

Year

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