Life expectancy at birth in United Arab Emirates was 79.6 years in 2003: 81.1 for women and 78.8 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 6,480 people died; 32.6% of them were 65 or older and 10.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

79.6

Women

81.1

Men

78.8

Life expectancy at 65

18.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

8.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

10.3

Deaths

6,480

Deaths per 1,000 people

1.5

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

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	7.38	9.55	81.1	78.8
1-4	0.45	0.49	80.7	78.6
5-9	0.24	0.31	76.9	74.7
10-14	0.17	0.28	71.9	69.8
15-19	0.30	0.63	67.0	64.9
20-24	0.34	0.86	62.1	60.1
25-29	0.34	0.76	57.2	55.4
30-34	0.35	0.72	52.3	50.6
35-39	0.40	0.93	47.4	45.8
40-44	0.63	1.31	42.5	41.0
45-49	1.18	2.00	37.6	36.2
50-54	1.78	2.99	32.8	31.6
55-59	2.75	4.28	28.1	27.0
60-64	5.87	6.66	23.4	22.5
65-69	11.45	11.18	19.0	18.2
70-74	19.70	20.29	15.0	14.1
75-79	36.17	40.94	11.3	10.3
80-84	75.19	90.76	8.0	7.0
85-89	143.02	180.63	5.5	4.7
90-94	229.21	283.03	3.9	3.3
95-99	344.66	407.03	2.8	2.4
100+	490.08	552.94	2.0	1.8

Mortality in United Arab Emirates by year

Mortality in United Arab Emirates, 2003

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