Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 61.0 years in 1987: 62.8 for women and 59.3 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 1,210,918 people died; 26.1% of them were 65 or older and 38.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

61.0

Women

62.8

Men

59.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

70.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

97.7

Deaths

1,210,918

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

273

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

202

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	69.74	77.69	62.8	59.3
1-4	7.70	7.46	66.3	63.0
5-9	1.94	2.32	64.3	60.8
10-14	1.35	1.57	59.9	56.5
15-19	1.68	2.18	55.3	51.9
20-24	2.01	2.77	50.7	47.5
25-29	2.39	3.02	46.2	43.1
30-34	2.77	3.49	41.7	38.7
35-39	3.55	4.53	37.3	34.3
40-44	4.28	5.92	32.9	30.1
45-49	5.83	8.57	28.6	25.9
50-54	9.20	13.44	24.3	21.9
55-59	13.28	19.71	20.4	18.3
60-64	20.87	29.46	16.6	14.9
65-69	33.46	44.31	13.1	11.8
70-74	56.47	68.59	10.0	9.1
75-79	93.58	106.81	7.5	6.9
80-84	146.31	163.21	5.5	5.1
85-89	220.40	245.67	4.1	3.7
90-94	312.87	349.86	3.0	2.7
95-99	426.81	469.67	2.3	2.1
100+	556.86	609.13	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 1987

Year

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