Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 49.3 years in 1965: 50.5 for women and 48.2 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 33,049 people died; 17.1% of them were 65 or older and 54.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

49.3

Women

50.5

Men

48.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

133.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

202.8

Deaths

33,049

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.3

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

363

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

315

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	137.03	156.83	50.5	48.2
1-4	21.69	20.49	56.7	55.1
5-9	4.79	4.93	57.7	55.6
10-14	2.90	2.98	54.0	51.9
15-19	3.78	4.22	49.8	47.7
20-24	4.68	5.97	45.7	43.6
25-29	5.29	5.87	41.7	39.9
30-34	6.12	6.28	37.7	36.0
35-39	7.10	7.47	33.8	32.0
40-44	8.34	9.36	30.0	28.2
45-49	9.72	12.06	26.1	24.4
50-54	12.93	16.38	22.3	20.8
55-59	17.62	22.42	18.6	17.3
60-64	27.58	33.35	15.1	14.1
65-69	42.18	49.42	12.0	11.1
70-74	68.98	77.15	9.2	8.6
75-79	106.82	117.64	6.9	6.5
80-84	161.21	178.14	5.2	4.8
85-89	233.33	259.29	3.9	3.6
90-94	320.28	353.65	3.0	2.7
95-99	435.38	477.48	2.3	2.1
100+	559.25	604.41	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1965

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