Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 58.9 years in 1985: 60.8 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 1,301,863 people died; 23.3% of them were 65 or older and 42.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

58.9

Women

60.8

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

116.2

Deaths

1,301,863

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

291

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

215

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	81.54	89.92	60.8	57.2
1-4	10.07	9.61	64.8	61.4
5-9	2.45	2.83	63.4	59.8
10-14	1.65	1.89	59.2	55.6
15-19	1.92	2.45	54.6	51.1
20-24	2.31	3.09	50.1	46.7
25-29	2.71	3.39	45.7	42.4
30-34	3.13	3.90	41.3	38.1
35-39	3.94	5.00	36.9	33.8
40-44	4.73	6.57	32.6	29.6
45-49	6.20	9.25	28.3	25.5
50-54	9.60	14.26	24.1	21.5
55-59	13.75	20.78	20.1	17.9
60-64	21.59	30.93	16.4	14.6
65-69	34.61	46.09	13.0	11.7
70-74	57.95	70.54	9.9	9.0
75-79	94.71	108.59	7.4	6.8
80-84	147.57	165.57	5.5	5.0
85-89	221.24	248.58	4.1	3.7
90-94	310.96	350.56	3.0	2.7
95-99	422.18	468.59	2.3	2.1
100+	550.45	607.13	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 1985

Year

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