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

Western Sahara

1957

Life expectancy: 37.6

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

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-5 -1 1957 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 37.6 years in 1957: 39.2 for women and 36.0 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 645 people died; 8.1% of them were 65 or older and 56.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

37.6

Women

39.2

Men

36.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

201.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

301.1

Deaths

645

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.0

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

551

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

479

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	210.05	254.95	39.2	36.0
1-4	33.46	34.42	47.0	44.9
5-9	7.07	6.90	49.4	47.2
10-14	5.52	4.97	46.1	43.8
15-19	7.35	6.88	42.3	39.9
20-24	9.27	9.86	38.8	36.2
25-29	10.40	10.94	35.5	32.9
30-34	11.80	12.61	32.3	29.6
35-39	13.06	14.96	29.1	26.3
40-44	14.28	18.33	25.9	23.2
45-49	15.87	21.80	22.6	20.2
50-54	20.85	28.26	19.3	17.2
55-59	27.25	35.94	16.1	14.4
60-64	40.54	50.28	13.1	11.8
65-69	56.72	69.44	10.5	9.4
70-74	85.59	99.46	8.1	7.3
75-79	128.05	147.85	6.1	5.6
80-84	189.91	213.25	4.6	4.2
85-89	268.08	302.84	3.5	3.1
90-94	362.29	409.07	2.7	2.4
95-99	468.13	525.63	2.1	1.9
100+	581.29	641.64	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1957

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