Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 65.3 years in 1981: 68.2 for women and 62.8 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 23,931 people died; 24.8% of them were 65 or older and 42.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

65.3

Women

68.2

Men

62.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.3

Deaths

23,931

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

233

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

148

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	49.38	58.98	68.2	62.9
1-4	3.96	4.16	70.6	65.6
5-9	0.91	1.37	67.7	62.7
10-14	0.61	1.04	63.0	58.1
15-19	0.88	1.93	58.1	53.4
20-24	1.08	2.53	53.4	48.9
25-29	1.29	2.41	48.7	44.4
30-34	1.66	2.64	44.0	40.0
35-39	2.28	3.39	39.3	35.5
40-44	3.22	4.75	34.7	31.0
45-49	4.61	7.13	30.2	26.7
50-54	6.84	11.04	25.9	22.6
55-59	10.10	17.19	21.7	18.7
60-64	16.62	27.25	17.7	15.1
65-69	27.78	42.68	14.0	12.0
70-74	49.02	67.44	10.7	9.2
75-79	83.51	105.39	8.0	7.0
80-84	134.51	160.62	5.8	5.2
85-89	208.13	242.08	4.2	3.8
90-94	300.46	339.41	3.1	2.8
95-99	421.46	458.78	2.3	2.1
100+	552.21	585.21	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1981

Year

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