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

Syrian Arab Republic

1987

Life expectancy: 68.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic was 68.8 years in 1987: 70.7 for women and 67.1 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 59,812 people died; 33.8% of them were 65 or older and 31.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

70.7

Men

67.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.0

Deaths

59,812

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.3

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

193

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

140

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	29.77	35.26	70.7	67.1
1-4	2.62	2.72	71.8	68.4
5-9	0.58	0.86	68.6	65.2
10-14	0.48	0.69	63.8	60.4
15-19	0.77	1.25	58.9	55.6
20-24	1.09	1.76	54.1	51.0
25-29	1.31	1.78	49.4	46.4
30-34	1.60	2.01	44.7	41.8
35-39	2.08	2.58	40.1	37.2
40-44	2.88	3.73	35.4	32.6
45-49	4.28	5.83	30.9	28.2
50-54	6.40	9.19	26.5	23.9
55-59	9.68	14.69	22.3	20.0
60-64	15.42	22.99	18.3	16.3
65-69	25.80	36.08	14.5	12.9
70-74	44.16	57.33	11.2	10.0
75-79	75.03	91.42	8.3	7.5
80-84	127.50	145.83	6.0	5.4
85-89	201.89	228.78	4.3	3.9
90-94	304.72	357.44	3.1	2.7
95-99	456.64	500.11	2.1	2.0
100+	612.18	653.85	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, 1987

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