Life expectancy at birth in Tunisia was 73.7 years in 2005: 76.2 for women and 71.4 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 53,795 people died; 62.9% of them were 65 or older and 6.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

73.7

Women

76.2

Men

71.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.0

Deaths

53,795

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

134

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	16.63	20.52	76.2	71.4
1-4	0.91	0.98	76.5	71.8
5-9	0.35	0.46	72.7	68.1
10-14	0.30	0.46	67.9	63.3
15-19	0.38	0.80	63.0	58.4
20-24	0.47	1.12	58.1	53.6
25-29	0.55	1.24	53.2	48.9
30-34	0.77	1.51	48.4	44.2
35-39	1.08	1.81	43.5	39.5
40-44	1.54	2.58	38.7	34.9
45-49	2.18	3.82	34.0	30.3
50-54	2.97	5.79	29.4	25.8
55-59	5.20	10.05	24.8	21.5
60-64	9.75	17.68	20.4	17.5
65-69	18.03	30.52	16.2	13.8
70-74	33.38	50.08	12.5	10.7
75-79	61.09	82.35	9.3	8.0
80-84	106.38	131.86	6.8	5.9
85-89	174.30	208.95	4.8	4.2
90-94	263.57	308.31	3.5	3.1
95-99	377.76	427.03	2.6	2.3
100+	513.72	560.95	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Tunisia by year

Mortality in Tunisia, 2005

Year

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