Life expectancy at birth in Tunisia was 71.7 years in 1997: 74.0 for women and 69.5 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 47,911 people died; 54.7% of them were 65 or older and 13.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

71.7

Women

74.0

Men

69.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

36.6

Deaths

47,911

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

142

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	27.56	33.73	74.0	69.5
1-4	1.64	1.78	75.1	70.9
5-9	0.42	0.55	71.6	67.3
10-14	0.33	0.51	66.7	62.5
15-19	0.43	0.87	61.8	57.7
20-24	0.52	1.17	57.0	52.9
25-29	0.59	1.30	52.1	48.2
30-34	0.88	1.63	47.2	43.5
35-39	1.19	1.91	42.4	38.8
40-44	1.79	2.91	37.7	34.2
45-49	2.40	4.19	33.0	29.7
50-54	3.11	6.00	28.4	25.2
55-59	5.68	10.68	23.8	20.9
60-64	10.96	18.91	19.4	16.9
65-69	20.76	32.79	15.3	13.3
70-74	38.93	53.96	11.7	10.3
75-79	70.81	88.91	8.6	7.7
80-84	120.37	141.60	6.3	5.6
85-89	191.07	223.44	4.5	4.0
90-94	279.17	323.12	3.3	2.9
95-99	389.48	440.88	2.5	2.2
100+	518.08	571.07	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Tunisia by year

Mortality in Tunisia, 1997

Year

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