Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates was 73.7 years in 1998: 75.9 for women and 72.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 7,476 people died; 20.0% of them were 65 or older and 7.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 45-49. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

73.7

Women

75.9

Men

72.6

Life expectancy at 65

15.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

11.9

Deaths

7,476

Deaths per 1,000 people

2.5

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

155

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

105

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	8.49	11.11	75.9	72.6
1-4	0.51	0.57	75.5	72.4
5-9	0.46	0.55	71.7	68.6
10-14	0.35	0.55	66.8	63.8
15-19	0.52	1.08	62.0	58.9
20-24	0.67	1.51	57.1	54.2
25-29	0.81	1.52	52.3	49.6
30-34	1.04	1.63	47.5	45.0
35-39	1.34	2.04	42.7	40.3
40-44	1.92	2.92	38.0	35.7
45-49	3.13	4.59	33.3	31.2
50-54	4.94	7.24	28.8	26.9
55-59	7.72	11.16	24.5	22.8
60-64	13.01	16.41	20.3	18.9
65-69	21.71	24.86	16.5	15.3
70-74	33.93	38.67	13.1	12.0
75-79	53.34	62.90	10.1	9.0
80-84	91.10	112.02	7.4	6.5
85-89	152.17	189.37	5.3	4.5
90-94	245.71	287.78	3.7	3.2
95-99	368.84	407.08	2.6	2.4
100+	519.29	546.00	1.9	1.8

Mortality in United Arab Emirates by year

Mortality in United Arab Emirates, 1998

Year

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