Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 69.0 years in 1989: 71.5 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 20,369 people died; 34.7% of them were 65 or older and 27.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

69.0

Women

71.5

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.2

Deaths

20,369

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.7

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

183

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	32.82	40.03	71.5	67.0
1-4	2.16	2.40	72.9	68.7
5-9	0.57	0.82	69.5	65.3
10-14	0.41	0.68	64.7	60.6
15-19	0.63	1.35	59.8	55.8
20-24	0.77	1.71	55.0	51.1
25-29	0.92	1.60	50.2	46.6
30-34	1.22	1.75	45.4	41.9
35-39	1.73	2.30	40.7	37.2
40-44	2.54	3.36	36.0	32.7
45-49	3.82	5.33	31.4	28.2
50-54	5.80	8.69	27.0	23.8
55-59	8.71	14.22	22.7	19.8
60-64	14.33	23.18	18.6	16.1
65-69	24.20	37.34	14.8	12.7
70-74	43.01	60.06	11.3	9.8
75-79	74.77	95.85	8.4	7.4
80-84	123.15	148.66	6.2	5.4
85-89	195.19	229.71	4.4	3.9
90-94	288.04	328.57	3.2	2.9
95-99	410.05	447.87	2.4	2.2
100+	544.84	575.74	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1989

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