Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 63.8 years in 1978: 66.4 for women and 61.6 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 23,357 people died; 24.3% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

63.8

Women

66.4

Men

61.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

79.4

Deaths

23,357

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

242

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

163

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	57.94	68.49	66.4	61.6
1-4	5.06	5.16	69.3	64.8
5-9	1.13	1.61	66.7	62.2
10-14	0.75	1.18	62.1	57.6
15-19	1.05	2.09	57.3	53.0
20-24	1.29	2.75	52.6	48.5
25-29	1.53	2.62	47.9	44.1
30-34	1.96	2.85	43.3	39.7
35-39	2.63	3.63	38.7	35.2
40-44	3.63	5.02	34.1	30.8
45-49	5.07	7.43	29.7	26.5
50-54	7.43	11.37	25.4	22.4
55-59	10.86	17.51	21.3	18.6
60-64	17.81	27.63	17.3	15.1
65-69	29.50	43.14	13.7	11.9
70-74	51.69	68.23	10.4	9.2
75-79	87.09	106.53	7.8	6.9
80-84	138.93	162.33	5.7	5.1
85-89	212.78	243.96	4.2	3.7
90-94	304.60	340.72	3.1	2.8
95-99	424.84	460.16	2.3	2.1
100+	554.05	585.62	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1978

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