Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 70.0 years in 1992: 72.4 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 20,276 people died; 38.7% of them were 65 or older and 21.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

70.0

Women

72.4

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.1

Deaths

20,276

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.4

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

172

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

117

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	28.36	34.85	72.4	68.0
1-4	1.76	1.98	73.5	69.4
5-9	0.49	0.70	70.0	66.0
10-14	0.37	0.59	65.1	61.2
15-19	0.58	1.22	60.3	56.4
20-24	0.71	1.55	55.4	51.7
25-29	0.85	1.44	50.6	47.1
30-34	1.13	1.59	45.8	42.4
35-39	1.61	2.10	41.1	37.7
40-44	2.39	3.09	36.4	33.1
45-49	3.64	4.97	31.8	28.6
50-54	5.55	8.18	27.3	24.2
55-59	8.37	13.53	23.0	20.1
60-64	13.72	22.17	18.9	16.3
65-69	23.18	35.91	15.0	12.9
70-74	41.18	57.91	11.6	10.0
75-79	71.90	92.81	8.6	7.5
80-84	119.28	144.55	6.3	5.5
85-89	190.56	224.71	4.5	4.0
90-94	283.47	323.35	3.3	2.9
95-99	405.71	442.19	2.4	2.2
100+	542.12	570.19	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1992

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