Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 40.3 years in 1953: 41.9 for women and 38.9 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 1,361,689 people died; 10.2% of them were 65 or older and 62.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

40.3

Women

41.9

Men

38.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

184.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

320.4

Deaths

1,361,689

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.3

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

423

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

347

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	200.26	222.12	41.9	38.9
1-4	48.74	45.19	49.8	47.1
5-9	5.89	7.55	55.8	51.9
10-14	3.87	4.33	52.4	48.8
15-19	4.62	5.60	48.4	44.8
20-24	5.65	7.68	44.5	41.0
25-29	6.43	8.05	40.7	37.6
30-34	7.28	8.46	36.9	34.0
35-39	8.19	9.77	33.2	30.3
40-44	9.22	11.69	29.5	26.7
45-49	10.56	14.44	25.8	23.2
50-54	13.97	18.77	22.0	19.7
55-59	19.20	25.41	18.4	16.4
60-64	28.40	37.30	15.0	13.3
65-69	42.68	54.70	11.9	10.5
70-74	69.54	85.02	9.2	8.1
75-79	106.64	129.41	7.0	6.1
80-84	159.41	193.29	5.3	4.5
85-89	229.91	273.95	4.0	3.4
90-94	303.22	378.92	3.1	2.6
95-99	407.94	475.58	2.4	2.1
100+	523.20	585.96	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 1953

Year

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