Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates was 67.6 years in 1979: 71.1 for women and 66.0 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 3,753 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 26.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

67.6

Women

71.1

Men

66.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.3

Deaths

3,753

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.1

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

216

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	28.23	35.86	71.1	66.0
1-4	1.95	2.22	72.1	67.4
5-9	0.66	1.18	68.7	63.9
10-14	0.44	0.82	63.9	59.3
15-19	0.79	1.56	59.1	54.5
20-24	1.06	2.12	54.3	49.9
25-29	1.31	2.19	49.6	45.4
30-34	1.58	2.43	44.9	40.9
35-39	2.07	3.13	40.2	36.4
40-44	2.87	4.39	35.6	31.9
45-49	4.26	6.62	31.1	27.6
50-54	6.38	10.20	26.7	23.4
55-59	9.65	15.96	22.5	19.5
60-64	15.35	24.77	18.4	15.9
65-69	25.73	38.44	14.7	12.7
70-74	44.09	60.51	11.4	9.8
75-79	73.51	95.00	8.5	7.4
80-84	120.56	148.34	6.2	5.4
85-89	193.42	227.17	4.5	4.0
90-94	288.49	326.29	3.2	2.9
95-99	406.33	443.52	2.4	2.2
100+	541.89	572.44	1.9	1.8

Mortality in United Arab Emirates by year

Mortality in United Arab Emirates, 1979

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