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

Western Sahara

1979

Life expectancy: 37.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 37.5 years in 1979: 49.5 for women and 30.9 for men, a gap of 18.6 years. 2,621 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 31.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

37.5

Women

49.5

Men

30.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

186.2

Deaths

2,621

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.0

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

828

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

396

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	123.87	150.90	49.5	30.9
1-4	17.89	18.10	54.8	34.7
5-9	4.09	4.07	54.8	33.2
10-14	3.24	3.78	50.8	28.8
15-19	4.88	18.54	46.6	24.3
20-24	6.60	44.20	42.7	21.4
25-29	7.36	45.61	39.1	21.1
30-34	8.40	41.41	35.4	20.9
35-39	9.88	38.09	31.8	20.2
40-44	11.97	36.73	28.3	18.9
45-49	13.37	37.87	24.9	17.2
50-54	16.83	40.45	21.5	15.3
55-59	21.54	48.47	18.1	13.1
60-64	30.44	59.00	14.9	11.1
65-69	43.84	77.17	11.9	9.0
70-74	67.66	105.35	9.2	7.2
75-79	104.75	148.62	7.0	5.5
80-84	161.32	218.95	5.2	4.1
85-89	236.27	307.87	3.8	3.1
90-94	330.35	404.30	2.9	2.4
95-99	439.53	499.42	2.2	2.0
100+	561.55	615.31	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1979

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