Libya Mortality 2016: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 71.8 years in 2016: 75.5 for women and 68.7 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 35,680 people died; 48.7% of them were 65 or older and 5.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2016

Life expectancy at birth

71.8

Women

75.5

Men

68.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.1

Deaths

35,680

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

218

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

117

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2016's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2016

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	10.14	12.48	75.5	68.7
1-4	0.69	0.78	75.3	68.5
5-9	0.38	0.39	71.5	64.7
10-14	0.34	0.40	66.6	59.8
15-19	0.66	1.61	61.7	55.0
20-24	0.82	3.05	56.9	50.4
25-29	0.94	3.11	52.1	46.1
30-34	1.20	3.11	47.3	41.8
35-39	1.67	3.49	42.6	37.4
40-44	2.46	4.44	38.0	33.0
45-49	3.69	6.32	33.4	28.7
50-54	5.42	9.42	29.0	24.5
55-59	8.03	14.44	24.7	20.6
60-64	12.07	22.19	20.6	17.0
65-69	19.17	34.10	16.7	13.6
70-74	31.80	52.47	13.1	10.7
75-79	54.35	81.18	9.9	8.2
80-84	93.76	127.14	7.3	6.1
85-89	156.87	197.18	5.2	4.4
90-94	248.20	294.95	3.6	3.2
95-99	370.85	416.95	2.6	2.3
100+	523.42	562.87	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 2016

Year

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