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

Saudi Arabia

2004

Life expectancy: 74.0

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia was 74.0 years in 2004: 75.9 for women and 72.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 55,612 people died; 37.4% of them were 65 or older and 13.5% 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

74.0

Women

75.9

Men

72.6

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

17.5

Deaths

55,612

Deaths per 1,000 people

2.8

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

135

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

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	13.78	15.28	75.9	72.6
1-4	0.83	0.78	76.0	72.7
5-9	0.35	0.39	72.2	69.0
10-14	0.25	0.32	67.3	64.1
15-19	0.44	0.84	62.4	59.2
20-24	0.53	1.08	57.5	54.4
25-29	0.64	1.02	52.7	49.7
30-34	0.85	1.14	47.8	44.9
35-39	1.24	1.51	43.0	40.2
40-44	1.90	2.30	38.3	35.5
45-49	3.00	3.80	33.6	30.9
50-54	4.67	6.46	29.1	26.4
55-59	7.19	10.88	24.7	22.2
60-64	11.59	17.72	20.5	18.3
65-69	19.01	27.75	16.6	14.7
70-74	31.85	44.16	13.0	11.5
75-79	56.09	71.71	9.8	8.8
80-84	97.13	115.12	7.1	6.5
85-89	160.94	181.56	5.1	4.7
90-94	249.81	271.58	3.6	3.4
95-99	364.77	380.64	2.6	2.5
100+	505.02	511.80	2.0	2.0

Mortality in Saudi Arabia by year

Mortality in Saudi Arabia, 2004

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