Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 67.0 years in 2004: 69.3 for women and 64.8 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 1,241,310 people died; 40.2% of them were 65 or older and 21.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

67.0

Women

69.3

Men

64.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.3

Deaths

1,241,310

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

224

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

146

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	36.28	42.77	69.4	64.8
1-4	3.84	3.99	70.9	66.6
5-9	1.27	1.57	68.0	63.6
10-14	0.75	0.99	63.4	59.1
15-19	0.92	1.62	58.6	54.4
20-24	1.14	2.28	53.9	49.8
25-29	1.34	2.28	49.2	45.3
30-34	1.60	2.43	44.5	40.8
35-39	2.09	2.98	39.8	36.3
40-44	2.86	4.31	35.2	31.8
45-49	4.15	6.88	30.7	27.4
50-54	6.90	11.09	26.2	23.3
55-59	10.64	16.87	22.1	19.5
60-64	16.17	24.80	18.1	16.0
65-69	26.07	38.02	14.4	12.7
70-74	44.95	59.55	11.1	9.9
75-79	77.32	94.10	8.3	7.4
80-84	128.32	146.91	6.0	5.5
85-89	201.65	225.76	4.3	3.9
90-94	299.43	333.27	3.1	2.9
95-99	428.85	465.14	2.3	2.1
100+	581.43	574.35	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 2004

Year

Country