Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Western Sahara

1953

Life expectancy: 36.0

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1953 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 36.0 years in 1953: 37.6 for women and 34.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 459 people died; 7.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

36.0

Women

37.6

Men

34.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

213.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

318.2

Deaths

459

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.1

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

569

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

498

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	223.99	272.78	37.6	34.5
1-4	36.05	36.97	45.7	43.7
5-9	7.56	7.33	48.4	46.3
10-14	5.90	5.28	45.2	43.0
15-19	7.83	7.28	41.4	39.1
20-24	9.87	10.43	38.0	35.4
25-29	11.07	11.59	34.8	32.2
30-34	12.56	13.37	31.6	28.9
35-39	13.88	15.85	28.5	25.8
40-44	15.13	19.38	25.4	22.7
45-49	16.73	22.96	22.2	19.7
50-54	21.93	29.64	18.9	16.8
55-59	28.57	37.46	15.8	14.1
60-64	42.48	52.25	12.8	11.5
65-69	59.13	71.85	10.2	9.2
70-74	88.91	102.56	7.9	7.2
75-79	132.48	152.12	6.0	5.4
80-84	195.63	218.75	4.5	4.1
85-89	274.87	308.90	3.4	3.1
90-94	369.67	415.50	2.6	2.4
95-99	475.77	531.69	2.1	1.9
100+	587.99	646.45	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1953

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