Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 70.8 years in 2002: 73.0 for women and 69.1 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 26,324 people died; 46.3% of them were 65 or older and 12.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

73.0

Men

69.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.0

Deaths

26,324

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.8

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

175

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	19.41	24.19	73.0	69.1
1-4	1.06	1.24	73.5	69.7
5-9	0.47	0.53	69.8	66.1
10-14	0.40	0.48	64.9	61.3
15-19	0.73	1.13	60.0	56.4
20-24	0.90	1.51	55.3	51.7
25-29	1.05	1.45	50.5	47.1
30-34	1.35	1.63	45.7	42.4
35-39	1.88	2.17	41.0	37.7
40-44	2.71	3.20	36.4	33.1
45-49	4.07	5.15	31.9	28.6
50-54	6.04	8.44	27.5	24.3
55-59	9.01	13.80	23.2	20.2
60-64	14.05	22.36	19.2	16.5
65-69	22.93	35.72	15.4	13.1
70-74	39.23	56.71	11.9	10.2
75-79	67.43	89.99	8.9	7.7
80-84	112.29	139.70	6.5	5.7
85-89	180.46	216.26	4.7	4.1
90-94	272.21	313.64	3.4	3.0
95-99	391.98	431.17	2.5	2.3
100+	532.40	561.77	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 2002

Year

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