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

Syrian Arab Republic

1954

Life expectancy: 46.4

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic was 46.4 years in 1954: 47.6 for women and 45.3 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 88,807 people died; 25.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

46.4

Women

47.6

Men

45.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

134.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

237.9

Deaths

88,807

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.5

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

412

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

337

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	142.55	153.01	47.6	45.3
1-4	34.44	30.67	53.7	51.6
5-9	3.72	4.15	57.2	54.0
10-14	3.02	2.94	53.2	50.1
15-19	4.15	4.33	49.0	45.8
20-24	5.38	6.20	45.0	41.8
25-29	6.08	6.79	41.1	38.0
30-34	6.89	7.77	37.3	34.2
35-39	7.73	9.33	33.5	30.5
40-44	8.74	11.61	29.8	26.8
45-49	10.30	14.47	26.0	23.3
50-54	13.89	19.44	22.2	19.8
55-59	18.85	26.16	18.6	16.6
60-64	28.39	37.69	15.2	13.5
65-69	41.90	53.95	12.1	10.8
70-74	65.66	79.83	9.4	8.4
75-79	102.34	121.05	7.1	6.4
80-84	158.37	180.10	5.2	4.7
85-89	232.92	265.21	3.8	3.5
90-94	344.18	390.39	2.8	2.5
95-99	464.52	521.72	2.1	1.9
100+	599.63	657.07	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, 1954

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