Life expectancy at birth in Tunisia was 66.9 years in 1985: 68.7 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 49,618 people died; 36.6% of them were 65 or older and 33.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

66.9

Women

68.7

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

70.9

Deaths

49,618

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

180

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

122

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	54.24	61.97	68.7	65.2
1-4	4.06	4.09	71.4	68.3
5-9	0.68	0.90	68.6	65.4
10-14	0.56	0.74	63.8	60.7
15-19	0.71	1.10	59.0	55.9
20-24	0.93	1.41	54.2	51.2
25-29	1.27	1.58	49.4	46.6
30-34	1.45	1.85	44.7	41.9
35-39	1.86	2.33	40.0	37.3
40-44	2.47	3.41	35.4	32.7
45-49	3.08	5.14	30.8	28.2
50-54	5.15	8.65	26.2	23.9
55-59	9.00	14.07	21.8	19.8
60-64	15.57	22.68	17.7	16.1
65-69	27.01	36.61	13.9	12.7
70-74	49.17	59.87	10.6	9.7
75-79	85.75	97.76	7.8	7.2
80-84	139.49	154.14	5.7	5.3
85-89	212.52	239.49	4.2	3.8
90-94	300.36	339.28	3.1	2.8
95-99	407.65	456.25	2.4	2.2
100+	529.46	582.72	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Tunisia by year

Mortality in Tunisia, 1985

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