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

Western Sahara

1981

Life expectancy: 44.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 44.2 years in 1981: 51.8 for women and 38.6 for men, a gap of 13.2 years. 2,605 people died; 11.6% of them were 65 or older and 39.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

44.2

Women

51.8

Men

38.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

116.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.4

Deaths

2,605

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.5

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

668

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

358

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	114.23	138.20	51.8	38.6
1-4	15.72	15.95	56.9	43.2
5-9	3.71	3.70	56.5	41.9
10-14	2.90	3.10	52.5	37.6
15-19	4.31	11.01	48.2	33.2
20-24	5.76	24.43	44.2	29.9
25-29	6.48	25.30	40.5	28.5
30-34	7.35	23.63	36.7	27.0
35-39	8.48	22.70	33.0	25.0
40-44	10.00	23.10	29.3	22.8
45-49	11.47	25.06	25.7	20.2
50-54	14.92	28.72	22.0	17.6
55-59	19.67	35.99	18.6	15.0
60-64	28.67	46.71	15.2	12.4
65-69	41.98	63.61	12.2	10.0
70-74	65.44	90.12	9.4	7.9
75-79	101.92	131.47	7.1	6.0
80-84	157.79	195.62	5.3	4.5
85-89	232.24	282.16	3.9	3.3
90-94	326.31	381.24	2.9	2.5
95-99	436.00	489.45	2.2	2.0
100+	558.63	609.83	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1981

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