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

Saudi Arabia

1969

Life expectancy: 51.8

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-5 -1 1969 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia was 51.8 years in 1969: 53.8 for women and 50.0 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 53,353 people died; 14.4% of them were 65 or older and 56.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

51.8

Women

53.8

Men

50.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

124.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

187.5

Deaths

53,353

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.6

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

344

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

257

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	130.78	141.71	53.8	50.0
1-4	19.60	18.22	60.1	56.3
5-9	3.89	4.90	60.8	56.5
10-14	1.96	2.51	56.9	52.8
15-19	2.65	4.01	52.5	48.4
20-24	3.11	5.28	48.1	44.4
25-29	3.70	5.38	43.8	40.5
30-34	4.32	5.57	39.6	36.5
35-39	5.33	6.85	35.4	32.5
40-44	6.43	8.54	31.3	28.5
45-49	7.97	11.36	27.3	24.7
50-54	10.70	15.50	23.3	20.9
55-59	15.14	21.76	19.4	17.4
60-64	23.89	32.49	15.7	14.1
65-69	39.31	49.67	12.4	11.2
70-74	64.21	76.06	9.5	8.6
75-79	102.03	116.87	7.2	6.5
80-84	153.90	176.55	5.4	4.8
85-89	223.21	259.37	4.1	3.6
90-94	303.85	355.06	3.1	2.7
95-99	403.42	468.77	2.4	2.1
100+	515.49	588.17	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Saudi Arabia by year

Mortality in Saudi Arabia, 1969

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