Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 70.7 years in 1996: 72.9 for women and 69.0 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 21,588 people died; 42.9% of them were 65 or older and 16.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

72.9

Men

69.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.2

Deaths

21,588

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.3

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

162

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

120

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	24.04	29.75	72.9	69.1
1-4	1.41	1.61	73.6	70.1
5-9	0.47	0.59	70.0	66.6
10-14	0.37	0.52	65.2	61.7
15-19	0.61	1.11	60.3	56.9
20-24	0.75	1.41	55.5	52.2
25-29	0.89	1.31	50.7	47.5
30-34	1.17	1.45	45.9	42.8
35-39	1.67	1.93	41.2	38.1
40-44	2.46	2.86	36.5	33.5
45-49	3.74	4.66	31.9	28.9
50-54	5.65	7.76	27.4	24.5
55-59	8.50	12.93	23.2	20.4
60-64	13.69	21.28	19.0	16.6
65-69	22.87	34.59	15.2	13.2
70-74	40.11	55.89	11.7	10.2
75-79	69.75	89.90	8.8	7.6
80-84	116.06	140.66	6.4	5.6
85-89	186.14	219.90	4.6	4.1
90-94	278.73	318.57	3.3	3.0
95-99	400.22	437.26	2.4	2.2
100+	538.50	566.16	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1996

Year

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