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

Western Sahara

1966

Life expectancy: 41.0

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 41.0 years in 1966: 42.5 for women and 39.5 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 1,103 people died; 7.0% of them were 65 or older and 56.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

41.0

Women

42.5

Men

39.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

176.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

264.8

Deaths

1,103

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.7

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

508

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

441

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	180.80	218.75	42.5	39.5
1-4	28.56	29.05	49.7	47.7
5-9	6.14	5.98	51.4	49.3
10-14	4.80	4.32	47.9	45.7
15-19	6.43	6.02	44.0	41.7
20-24	8.14	8.63	40.4	37.9
25-29	9.14	9.53	37.0	34.4
30-34	10.37	10.96	33.6	31.0
35-39	11.52	13.05	30.2	27.6
40-44	12.69	16.06	26.9	24.3
45-49	14.28	19.32	23.5	21.1
50-54	18.86	25.29	20.0	18.0
55-59	24.85	32.65	16.8	15.1
60-64	37.06	46.02	13.6	12.3
65-69	52.48	64.18	10.9	9.9
70-74	79.87	92.71	8.4	7.7
75-79	120.69	138.56	6.4	5.8
80-84	180.84	201.42	4.8	4.4
85-89	258.07	289.43	3.6	3.2
90-94	352.52	394.75	2.7	2.5
95-99	459.82	511.65	2.1	1.9
100+	576.30	630.12	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1966

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