Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates was 68.6 years in 1981: 71.9 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 4,091 people died; 18.1% of them were 65 or older and 24.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

68.6

Women

71.9

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.3

Deaths

4,091

Deaths per 1,000 people

3.7

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

206

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

134

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	23.14	29.71	72.0	67.0
1-4	1.53	1.75	72.6	68.0
5-9	0.61	1.03	69.1	64.5
10-14	0.41	0.76	64.3	59.8
15-19	0.74	1.44	59.4	55.0
20-24	1.00	1.96	54.6	50.4
25-29	1.23	2.01	49.9	45.9
30-34	1.50	2.23	45.1	41.3
35-39	1.97	2.88	40.5	36.7
40-44	2.75	4.10	35.8	32.2
45-49	4.11	6.28	31.3	27.8
50-54	6.19	9.79	26.9	23.7
55-59	9.38	15.44	22.7	19.7
60-64	14.98	24.10	18.6	16.1
65-69	25.20	37.55	14.9	12.8
70-74	43.29	59.34	11.5	9.9
75-79	71.91	93.09	8.7	7.5
80-84	116.93	144.97	6.4	5.5
85-89	187.27	222.12	4.6	4.0
90-94	282.38	320.85	3.3	3.0
95-99	401.71	438.06	2.4	2.2
100+	539.75	567.83	1.9	1.8

Mortality in United Arab Emirates by year

Mortality in United Arab Emirates, 1981

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