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

Saudi Arabia

1985

Life expectancy: 66.0

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia was 66.0 years in 1985: 67.9 for women and 64.4 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 50,012 people died; 20.7% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

66.0

Women

67.9

Men

64.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

65.0

Deaths

50,012

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

206

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	49.49	55.15	67.9	64.4
1-4	3.99	3.87	70.3	67.0
5-9	1.11	1.39	67.4	64.0
10-14	0.60	0.85	62.7	59.5
15-19	0.95	1.70	57.9	54.7
20-24	1.12	2.11	53.2	50.1
25-29	1.37	2.00	48.5	45.7
30-34	1.73	2.15	43.8	41.1
35-39	2.38	2.81	39.1	36.5
40-44	3.31	3.98	34.6	32.0
45-49	4.77	6.14	30.1	27.6
50-54	6.98	9.74	25.8	23.4
55-59	10.38	15.54	21.6	19.4
60-64	17.00	24.75	17.6	15.7
65-69	28.91	39.06	13.9	12.5
70-74	49.29	62.07	10.7	9.6
75-79	83.82	98.74	8.0	7.2
80-84	134.92	153.65	5.8	5.3
85-89	206.72	233.86	4.3	3.9
90-94	296.43	332.53	3.2	2.9
95-99	406.29	447.28	2.4	2.2
100+	531.66	573.33	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Saudi Arabia by year

Mortality in Saudi Arabia, 1985

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