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

Western Sahara

1974

Life expectancy: 45.0

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 45.0 years in 1974: 46.7 for women and 43.6 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 1,474 people died; 15.4% of them were 65 or older and 48.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

45.0

Women

46.7

Men

43.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

224.5

Deaths

1,474

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.3

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

458

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

393

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	150.38	182.09	46.7	43.6
1-4	23.01	23.48	53.1	50.9
5-9	5.05	4.99	54.0	51.7
10-14	3.96	3.63	50.3	48.0
15-19	5.36	5.11	46.3	43.8
20-24	6.81	7.32	42.5	39.9
25-29	7.65	8.04	38.9	36.3
30-34	8.70	9.21	35.3	32.7
35-39	9.71	11.02	31.7	29.1
40-44	10.81	13.67	28.2	25.6
45-49	12.39	16.70	24.6	22.2
50-54	16.48	22.15	21.0	18.9
55-59	21.96	29.17	17.6	15.9
60-64	32.88	41.52	14.4	13.0
65-69	47.32	58.65	11.5	10.4
70-74	72.87	85.66	8.9	8.1
75-79	111.57	128.88	6.7	6.1
80-84	169.43	189.42	5.0	4.6
85-89	245.01	275.42	3.7	3.4
90-94	338.93	380.02	2.8	2.5
95-99	446.90	497.44	2.2	2.0
100+	565.96	618.70	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1974

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