Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Saudi Arabia

1966

Life expectancy: 49.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia was 49.2 years in 1966: 51.4 for women and 47.2 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 53,962 people died; 13.4% of them were 65 or older and 58.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

49.2

Women

51.4

Men

47.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

137.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

214.2

Deaths

53,962

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.8

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

370

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

272

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	145.19	159.52	51.4	47.2
1-4	24.10	22.96	58.2	54.1
5-9	4.46	5.80	59.8	55.1
10-14	2.27	2.93	56.1	51.6
15-19	2.98	4.52	51.7	47.4
20-24	3.51	6.04	47.5	43.4
25-29	4.16	6.23	43.3	39.6
30-34	4.81	6.42	39.1	35.8
35-39	5.85	7.81	35.0	31.9
40-44	6.92	9.55	31.0	28.1
45-49	8.41	12.39	27.0	24.3
50-54	11.17	16.49	23.0	20.7
55-59	15.72	22.65	19.2	17.3
60-64	24.67	33.37	15.6	14.0
65-69	40.37	50.54	12.3	11.1
70-74	65.50	76.72	9.4	8.6
75-79	103.14	117.29	7.2	6.5
80-84	154.48	176.54	5.4	4.8
85-89	222.67	258.12	4.1	3.6
90-94	301.67	352.01	3.1	2.7
95-99	399.99	464.50	2.4	2.1
100+	510.67	582.85	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Saudi Arabia by year

Mortality in Saudi Arabia, 1966

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