Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 69.9 years in 2011: 73.7 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 36,964 people died; 43.7% of them were 65 or older and 8.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

73.7

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.0

Deaths

36,964

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

241

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

134

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	13.45	16.57	73.7	66.8
1-4	1.27	1.36	73.7	66.9
5-9	0.62	0.62	70.1	63.3
10-14	0.46	0.56	65.3	58.5
15-19	0.82	1.98	60.4	53.6
20-24	1.01	3.69	55.7	49.1
25-29	1.17	3.75	50.9	45.0
30-34	1.45	3.66	46.2	40.8
35-39	1.99	4.06	41.5	36.5
40-44	2.87	5.01	36.9	32.2
45-49	4.24	6.99	32.4	28.0
50-54	6.12	10.25	28.1	23.9
55-59	9.00	15.64	23.9	20.0
60-64	13.53	23.92	19.8	16.4
65-69	21.52	36.73	16.0	13.2
70-74	35.55	56.33	12.6	10.3
75-79	59.51	86.33	9.5	7.9
80-84	101.17	134.63	6.9	5.8
85-89	167.09	208.68	4.9	4.2
90-94	261.75	311.54	3.5	3.0
95-99	390.07	441.56	2.5	2.2
100+	547.68	592.84	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 2011

Year

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