Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates was 47.8 years in 1957: 52.1 for women and 44.9 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 1,796 people died; 12.5% of them were 65 or older and 56.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

47.8

Women

52.1

Men

44.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

144.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

232.2

Deaths

1,796

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.9

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

414

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

261

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	149.03	172.11	52.1	44.9
1-4	26.76	28.14	59.2	52.0
5-9	1.87	4.49	61.6	53.9
10-14	1.78	2.81	57.2	50.1
15-19	2.71	4.50	52.6	45.8
20-24	3.36	6.10	48.3	41.7
25-29	4.02	6.94	44.1	37.9
30-34	4.49	7.69	40.0	34.2
35-39	5.33	9.48	35.8	30.4
40-44	6.23	11.57	31.7	26.8
45-49	7.95	14.71	27.6	23.2
50-54	10.85	19.42	23.6	19.8
55-59	15.41	26.46	19.8	16.6
60-64	23.28	37.59	16.2	13.6
65-69	36.08	54.21	12.9	10.9
70-74	57.66	79.51	9.9	8.5
75-79	93.41	120.00	7.4	6.4
80-84	150.57	178.01	5.4	4.8
85-89	232.89	260.06	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.54	355.65	3.0	2.7
95-99	423.10	469.12	2.3	2.1
100+	538.18	588.23	1.9	1.7

Mortality in United Arab Emirates by year

Mortality in United Arab Emirates, 1957

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