Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates was 70.1 years in 1985: 73.2 for women and 68.5 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 4,445 people died; 20.2% of them were 65 or older and 20.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

70.1

Women

73.2

Men

68.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.9

Deaths

4,445

Deaths per 1,000 people

3.2

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

193

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	16.37	21.35	73.2	68.5
1-4	1.02	1.17	73.4	69.0
5-9	0.53	0.84	69.7	65.3
10-14	0.36	0.66	64.8	60.6
15-19	0.65	1.27	60.0	55.8
20-24	0.90	1.76	55.1	51.1
25-29	1.10	1.80	50.4	46.6
30-34	1.36	2.01	45.6	41.9
35-39	1.80	2.60	40.9	37.3
40-44	2.56	3.75	36.3	32.8
45-49	3.88	5.85	31.7	28.4
50-54	5.89	9.23	27.3	24.1
55-59	8.98	14.63	23.0	20.1
60-64	14.46	22.81	19.0	16.5
65-69	24.42	35.55	15.2	13.2
70-74	41.90	56.46	11.8	10.2
75-79	68.79	88.69	9.0	7.7
80-84	109.79	137.78	6.6	5.7
85-89	175.36	211.92	4.8	4.2
90-94	270.30	310.32	3.4	3.0
95-99	391.52	428.23	2.5	2.3
100+	533.99	560.70	1.9	1.8

Mortality in United Arab Emirates by year

Mortality in United Arab Emirates, 1985

Year

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