Life expectancy at birth in Tunisia was 72.1 years in 1998: 74.4 for women and 69.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 47,886 people died; 56.3% of them were 65 or older and 12.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

72.1

Women

74.4

Men

69.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

28.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.1

Deaths

47,886

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.0

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

140

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	25.62	31.54	74.4	69.9
1-4	1.50	1.64	75.4	71.1
5-9	0.40	0.54	71.8	67.6
10-14	0.32	0.50	66.9	62.7
15-19	0.41	0.86	62.0	57.9
20-24	0.50	1.14	57.2	53.1
25-29	0.58	1.26	52.3	48.4
30-34	0.84	1.60	47.4	43.7
35-39	1.12	1.88	42.6	39.0
40-44	1.68	2.82	37.9	34.4
45-49	2.38	4.11	33.2	29.8
50-54	3.13	6.02	28.5	25.4
55-59	5.57	10.39	23.9	21.1
60-64	10.71	18.43	19.5	17.1
65-69	20.23	32.03	15.4	13.5
70-74	37.99	52.85	11.8	10.4
75-79	69.33	87.35	8.7	7.7
80-84	118.37	139.49	6.3	5.6
85-89	188.72	220.87	4.6	4.0
90-94	276.85	320.22	3.4	3.0
95-99	387.55	437.76	2.5	2.2
100+	517.04	568.25	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Tunisia by year

Mortality in Tunisia, 1998

Year

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