Life expectancy at birth in Liberia was 59.5 years in 2011: 60.8 for women and 58.2 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 40,393 people died; 24.5% of them were 65 or older and 37.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

59.5

Women

60.8

Men

58.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

98.1

Deaths

40,393

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

301

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

257

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	71.93	85.58	60.8	58.2
1-4	6.20	6.67	64.3	62.3
5-9	1.82	1.98	61.8	59.9
10-14	1.36	1.46	57.4	55.5
15-19	1.96	2.32	52.7	50.9
20-24	2.64	3.36	48.2	46.4
25-29	3.26	3.80	43.8	42.2
30-34	4.02	4.50	39.5	37.9
35-39	5.09	5.72	35.3	33.7
40-44	6.49	7.48	31.1	29.6
45-49	8.37	10.13	27.1	25.7
50-54	11.50	14.29	23.1	21.9
55-59	15.92	19.97	19.3	18.3
60-64	23.99	29.66	15.7	14.9
65-69	37.93	44.16	12.4	11.9
70-74	63.70	67.89	9.4	9.3
75-79	103.38	104.76	7.0	7.0
80-84	159.96	159.24	5.2	5.2
85-89	236.79	235.00	3.8	3.9
90-94	334.00	327.27	2.9	2.9
95-99	452.64	439.56	2.2	2.2
100+	585.86	561.39	1.7	1.8

Mortality in Liberia by year

Mortality in Liberia, 2011

Year

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