Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 47.1 years in 1965: 48.9 for women and 45.4 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 1,387,186 people died; 14.4% of them were 65 or older and 56.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

47.1

Women

48.9

Men

45.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

237.1

Deaths

1,387,186

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.1

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

382

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

296

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	158.93	173.21	48.9	45.4
1-4	29.09	26.41	56.0	52.7
5-9	4.61	5.75	58.6	54.3
10-14	2.92	3.37	54.9	50.8
15-19	3.58	4.59	50.7	46.6
20-24	4.56	6.36	46.6	42.6
25-29	5.20	6.60	42.6	38.9
30-34	5.87	7.07	38.7	35.2
35-39	6.72	8.36	34.7	31.3
40-44	7.56	10.13	30.8	27.6
45-49	8.63	12.59	26.9	23.9
50-54	11.50	16.75	23.0	20.2
55-59	16.42	23.53	19.2	16.8
60-64	25.41	35.55	15.6	13.6
65-69	39.27	53.03	12.4	10.7
70-74	64.63	82.20	9.5	8.2
75-79	101.46	126.17	7.2	6.2
80-84	152.69	189.24	5.5	4.6
85-89	217.93	275.11	4.1	3.4
90-94	294.79	377.36	3.2	2.6
95-99	396.12	492.37	2.5	2.0
100+	491.67	635.16	2.0	1.6

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 1965

Year

Country