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

Syrian Arab Republic

1969

Life expectancy: 59.8

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-5 -1 1969 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic was 59.8 years in 1969: 60.3 for women and 59.4 for men, a gap of 0.9 years. 67,389 people died; 26.6% of them were 65 or older and 45.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

59.8

Women

60.3

Men

59.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

110.3

Deaths

67,389

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

260

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

241

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	76.35	81.79	60.3	59.4
1-4	10.32	9.39	64.0	63.3
5-9	1.93	1.69	62.6	61.7
10-14	1.55	1.25	58.2	57.2
15-19	2.27	2.05	53.6	52.5
20-24	3.02	2.92	49.2	48.1
25-29	3.47	3.05	44.9	43.7
30-34	4.02	3.43	40.7	39.4
35-39	4.72	4.30	36.5	35.0
40-44	5.70	5.80	32.3	30.7
45-49	7.30	8.22	28.1	26.5
50-54	10.19	12.11	24.1	22.5
55-59	14.42	18.15	20.2	18.8
60-64	22.15	27.51	16.5	15.3
65-69	34.38	41.71	13.1	12.2
70-74	55.76	64.55	10.1	9.4
75-79	90.03	100.96	7.6	7.1
80-84	144.44	156.90	5.5	5.2
85-89	219.13	240.50	4.0	3.7
90-94	333.34	367.81	2.9	2.6
95-99	459.87	506.40	2.1	2.0
100+	604.27	653.98	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, 1969

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