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

Saudi Arabia

2006

Life expectancy: 74.8

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

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-5 -1 2006 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia was 74.8 years in 2006: 76.8 for women and 73.3 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 58,820 people died; 36.1% of them were 65 or older and 12.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

74.8

Women

76.8

Men

73.3

Life expectancy at 65

16.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

12.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

15.5

Deaths

58,820

Deaths per 1,000 people

2.7

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

140

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	12.26	13.55	76.8	73.3
1-4	0.73	0.68	76.8	73.3
5-9	0.33	0.38	73.0	69.5
10-14	0.24	0.33	68.1	64.7
15-19	0.40	0.86	63.2	59.8
20-24	0.48	1.10	58.3	55.0
25-29	0.59	1.03	53.4	50.3
30-34	0.78	1.18	48.6	45.5
35-39	1.15	1.58	43.8	40.8
40-44	1.78	2.40	39.0	36.1
45-49	2.86	3.95	34.3	31.5
50-54	4.57	6.79	29.8	27.1
55-59	7.13	11.37	25.4	22.9
60-64	11.28	17.64	21.2	19.1
65-69	17.64	25.82	17.3	15.6
70-74	28.58	39.13	13.7	12.4
75-79	50.18	62.58	10.4	9.6
80-84	87.54	99.74	7.6	7.2
85-89	146.23	156.10	5.5	5.3
90-94	229.20	234.85	3.9	3.9
95-99	338.94	333.80	2.8	2.9
100+	477.67	459.94	2.1	2.2

Mortality in Saudi Arabia by year

Mortality in Saudi Arabia, 2006

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