Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 34.2 years in 1953: 37.0 for women and 31.8 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 37,698 people died; 13.8% of them were 65 or older and 56.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

34.2

Women

37.0

Men

31.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

212.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

373.6

Deaths

37,698

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.9

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

533

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

394

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	227.98	270.72	37.0	31.8
1-4	58.62	59.30	45.1	40.0
5-9	9.80	12.13	52.2	46.0
10-14	5.29	6.33	49.7	43.8
15-19	6.12	7.89	46.0	40.1
20-24	7.57	12.52	42.3	36.6
25-29	8.39	13.07	38.9	33.8
30-34	9.40	13.89	35.4	30.9
35-39	10.20	15.48	32.0	28.0
40-44	11.21	17.61	28.5	25.0
45-49	11.82	19.70	25.1	22.1
50-54	15.21	23.58	21.4	19.1
55-59	20.03	28.39	17.9	16.2
60-64	31.47	39.44	14.5	13.3
65-69	46.36	54.94	11.6	10.6
70-74	73.89	83.82	8.9	8.2
75-79	110.02	124.09	6.8	6.3
80-84	163.61	186.81	5.2	4.7
85-89	232.93	263.02	3.9	3.5
90-94	317.43	353.11	3.0	2.7
95-99	432.02	479.60	2.3	2.1
100+	553.65	609.24	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1953

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