Life expectancy at birth in Tunisia was 68.0 years in 1987: 69.9 for women and 66.3 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 48,454 people died; 39.5% of them were 65 or older and 30.7% 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

68.0

Women

69.9

Men

66.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.7

Deaths

48,454

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

168

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

110

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	48.75	56.27	69.9	66.3
1-4	3.48	3.56	72.3	69.1
5-9	0.62	0.82	69.3	66.0
10-14	0.48	0.67	64.5	61.3
15-19	0.59	0.97	59.7	56.5
20-24	0.76	1.23	54.8	51.8
25-29	1.06	1.43	50.0	47.1
30-34	1.31	1.77	45.3	42.4
35-39	1.60	2.08	40.6	37.7
40-44	2.05	2.93	35.9	33.1
45-49	2.64	4.56	31.2	28.5
50-54	4.81	8.22	26.6	24.1
55-59	8.47	13.53	22.2	20.0
60-64	14.67	21.84	18.0	16.3
65-69	25.56	35.38	14.2	12.8
70-74	47.08	58.18	10.8	9.8
75-79	83.11	95.63	8.0	7.3
80-84	136.46	151.54	5.8	5.3
85-89	209.21	236.97	4.2	3.8
90-94	296.64	337.05	3.2	2.8
95-99	403.85	454.06	2.4	2.2
100+	526.18	581.06	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Tunisia by year

Mortality in Tunisia, 1987

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