Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 52.5 years in 1976: 54.3 for women and 50.7 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 1,421,691 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 50.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

52.5

Women

54.3

Men

50.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

119.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

179.2

Deaths

1,421,691

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.6

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

346

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

254

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	124.44	134.98	54.3	50.7
1-4	18.67	17.03	60.3	56.9
5-9	3.47	3.99	60.8	56.7
10-14	2.23	2.49	56.8	52.8
15-19	2.84	3.52	52.4	48.4
20-24	3.41	4.73	48.1	44.3
25-29	3.92	4.99	43.9	40.3
30-34	4.52	5.44	39.7	36.2
35-39	5.48	6.86	35.6	32.1
40-44	6.19	8.59	31.5	28.2
45-49	7.43	11.38	27.4	24.3
50-54	10.34	16.33	23.4	20.6
55-59	14.43	22.89	19.5	17.1
60-64	23.37	34.10	15.7	13.9
65-69	37.99	50.82	12.4	11.0
70-74	64.59	78.82	9.4	8.4
75-79	103.94	121.46	7.0	6.3
80-84	159.24	182.63	5.2	4.7
85-89	231.43	268.11	3.9	3.5
90-94	316.33	369.61	3.0	2.6
95-99	417.47	485.38	2.3	2.0
100+	529.33	600.78	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 1976

Year

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