Life expectancy at birth in Tunisia was 65.7 years in 1983: 67.4 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 50,748 people died; 34.2% of them were 65 or older and 36.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

65.7

Women

67.4

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

79.5

Deaths

50,748

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

191

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	60.74	68.66	67.4	64.1
1-4	4.80	4.77	70.6	67.6
5-9	0.76	1.00	67.9	64.8
10-14	0.63	0.82	63.2	60.1
15-19	0.82	1.23	58.4	55.4
20-24	1.08	1.59	53.6	50.7
25-29	1.44	1.74	48.9	46.1
30-34	1.55	1.95	44.2	41.5
35-39	2.09	2.56	39.5	36.9
40-44	2.86	3.82	34.9	32.3
45-49	3.52	5.72	30.4	27.9
50-54	5.54	9.14	25.9	23.6
55-59	9.56	14.67	21.5	19.6
60-64	16.44	23.48	17.4	15.9
65-69	28.32	37.65	13.7	12.5
70-74	51.13	61.32	10.4	9.6
75-79	88.26	99.57	7.7	7.1
80-84	142.37	156.37	5.6	5.2
85-89	215.45	241.58	4.1	3.8
90-94	303.16	340.97	3.1	2.8
95-99	410.01	457.29	2.4	2.2
100+	530.90	582.75	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Tunisia by year

Mortality in Tunisia, 1983

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