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

Saudi Arabia

2011

Life expectancy: 75.8

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia was 75.8 years in 2011: 78.2 for women and 74.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 68,975 people died; 38.7% of them were 65 or older and 8.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

75.8

Women

78.2

Men

74.3

Life expectancy at 65

17.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

11.5

Deaths

68,975

Deaths per 1,000 people

2.6

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

133

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	9.11	10.00	78.2	74.3
1-4	0.53	0.50	78.0	74.1
5-9	0.33	0.43	74.1	70.2
10-14	0.28	0.51	69.2	65.4
15-19	0.33	1.05	64.3	60.5
20-24	0.34	1.06	59.4	55.8
25-29	0.44	1.00	54.5	51.1
30-34	0.57	1.16	49.6	46.3
35-39	0.82	1.49	44.8	41.6
40-44	1.32	2.22	40.0	36.9
45-49	2.24	3.60	35.2	32.3
50-54	3.83	6.33	30.6	27.8
55-59	6.43	10.67	26.1	23.6
60-64	10.39	16.44	21.9	19.8
65-69	15.90	23.57	17.9	16.2
70-74	25.77	35.39	14.2	13.0
75-79	46.13	57.48	10.8	10.0
80-84	82.03	93.58	7.9	7.5
85-89	138.68	148.06	5.7	5.5
90-94	220.47	223.39	4.0	4.0
95-99	329.81	316.84	2.9	3.0
100+	470.32	439.79	2.1	2.3

Mortality in Saudi Arabia by year

Mortality in Saudi Arabia, 2011

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