Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 68.4 years in 2007: 70.6 for women and 66.4 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 1,232,752 people died; 42.8% of them were 65 or older and 18.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

68.4

Women

70.6

Men

66.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.6

Deaths

1,232,752

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

204

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

137

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	31.11	36.87	70.6	66.4
1-4	2.88	3.09	71.8	67.8
5-9	1.01	1.34	68.6	64.7
10-14	0.64	0.86	64.0	60.1
15-19	0.81	1.33	59.2	55.3
20-24	0.99	1.74	54.4	50.7
25-29	1.18	1.80	49.7	46.1
30-34	1.41	1.93	44.9	41.5
35-39	1.86	2.46	40.2	36.9
40-44	2.56	3.65	35.6	32.3
45-49	3.84	6.10	31.0	27.8
50-54	6.53	10.37	26.6	23.6
55-59	10.18	16.09	22.4	19.7
60-64	15.73	24.41	18.4	16.2
65-69	25.07	36.71	14.7	12.9
70-74	43.13	57.70	11.3	10.0
75-79	74.76	91.36	8.4	7.6
80-84	125.16	143.12	6.1	5.6
85-89	198.19	220.43	4.4	4.0
90-94	291.78	320.33	3.2	3.0
95-99	412.41	436.90	2.4	2.2
100+	545.17	559.97	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 2007

Year

Country