Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 43.0 years in 1958: 45.1 for women and 41.0 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 1,383,779 people died; 11.4% of them were 65 or older and 59.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

43.0

Women

45.1

Men

41.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

169.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

281.8

Deaths

1,383,779

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.7

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

428

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

324

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	182.03	201.17	45.1	41.1
1-4	38.69	35.77	52.8	48.8
5-9	5.23	6.62	57.2	51.9
10-14	3.33	3.88	53.7	48.6
15-19	4.24	5.72	49.5	44.5
20-24	5.13	8.54	45.5	40.7
25-29	5.79	8.77	41.6	37.4
30-34	6.64	8.96	37.8	33.9
35-39	7.49	10.01	34.0	30.4
40-44	8.42	11.70	30.2	26.8
45-49	9.66	14.22	26.4	23.3
50-54	12.90	18.52	22.5	19.8
55-59	18.00	25.27	18.9	16.5
60-64	26.96	37.11	15.4	13.4
65-69	40.27	54.43	12.3	10.6
70-74	65.93	84.28	9.4	8.1
75-79	102.52	129.05	7.2	6.1
80-84	153.88	193.25	5.4	4.5
85-89	220.51	280.05	4.1	3.3
90-94	307.09	371.86	3.1	2.6
95-99	387.72	488.95	2.5	2.0
100+	510.62	592.73	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 1958

Year

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