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

Syrian Arab Republic

1976

Life expectancy: 64.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic was 64.8 years in 1976: 67.0 for women and 62.9 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 60,417 people died; 28.3% of them were 65 or older and 43.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

64.8

Women

67.0

Men

62.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

75.6

Deaths

60,417

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

232

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

161

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	53.76	59.11	67.0	62.9
1-4	5.93	5.62	69.7	65.7
5-9	0.77	1.31	67.3	63.1
10-14	0.66	1.00	62.6	58.5
15-19	1.02	1.70	57.8	53.8
20-24	1.42	2.42	53.0	49.2
25-29	1.68	2.49	48.4	44.8
30-34	2.01	2.79	43.8	40.3
35-39	2.55	3.55	39.2	35.9
40-44	3.42	4.90	34.7	31.4
45-49	4.91	7.21	30.2	27.2
50-54	7.21	10.90	25.9	23.1
55-59	10.74	16.77	21.8	19.2
60-64	16.95	25.74	17.8	15.7
65-69	27.86	39.56	14.2	12.5
70-74	47.05	61.83	10.9	9.6
75-79	78.97	97.39	8.1	7.2
80-84	132.13	152.85	5.9	5.3
85-89	207.02	236.33	4.2	3.8
90-94	325.91	364.37	2.9	2.6
95-99	459.58	504.70	2.1	2.0
100+	612.07	654.79	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, 1976

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