Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 71.3 years in 2014: 75.0 for women and 68.2 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 34,982 people died; 47.9% of them were 65 or older and 6.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

71.3

Women

75.0

Men

68.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

15.1

Deaths

34,982

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

225

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

122

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	10.89	13.46	75.0	68.2
1-4	0.71	0.80	74.8	68.1
5-9	0.40	0.41	71.0	64.3
10-14	0.35	0.42	66.2	59.4
15-19	0.70	1.69	61.3	54.6
20-24	0.88	3.21	56.5	50.0
25-29	1.00	3.28	51.7	45.8
30-34	1.27	3.27	47.0	41.5
35-39	1.77	3.65	42.3	37.1
40-44	2.58	4.61	37.6	32.7
45-49	3.85	6.54	33.1	28.5
50-54	5.64	9.71	28.7	24.3
55-59	8.34	14.86	24.4	20.4
60-64	12.51	22.81	20.3	16.8
65-69	19.86	35.03	16.5	13.5
70-74	32.94	53.81	12.9	10.6
75-79	56.20	83.08	9.8	8.1
80-84	96.36	129.63	7.2	6.0
85-89	160.13	200.37	5.1	4.3
90-94	251.68	298.49	3.6	3.1
95-99	374.10	421.03	2.6	2.3
100+	525.46	564.30	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 2014

Year

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