Syrian Arab Republic

2005

Life expectancy: 72.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic was 72.8 years in 2005: 74.8 for women and 70.9 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 73,418 people died; 49.4% of them were 65 or older and 14.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

72.8

Women

74.8

Men

70.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.2

Deaths

73,418

Deaths per 1,000 people

3.9

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

149

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

102

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	14.02	17.81	74.9	70.9
1-4	1.08	1.19	74.9	71.2
5-9	0.35	0.50	71.2	67.5
10-14	0.28	0.43	66.3	62.7
15-19	0.46	0.83	61.4	57.8
20-24	0.66	1.15	56.6	53.0
25-29	0.82	1.14	51.7	48.3
30-34	1.02	1.28	46.9	43.6
35-39	1.37	1.68	42.2	38.8
40-44	1.99	2.56	37.4	34.1
45-49	3.12	4.33	32.8	29.6
50-54	4.77	7.20	28.3	25.1
55-59	7.41	12.16	23.9	21.0
60-64	11.94	19.58	19.7	17.1
65-69	20.72	31.67	15.7	13.6
70-74	36.41	51.54	12.2	10.5
75-79	63.60	83.66	9.1	7.9
80-84	111.34	136.69	6.5	5.7
85-89	180.76	219.04	4.7	4.0
90-94	279.79	349.12	3.3	2.7
95-99	429.34	495.77	2.3	2.0
100+	588.76	656.43	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, 2005

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