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

Western Sahara

1985

Life expectancy: 47.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 47.8 years in 1985: 55.3 for women and 42.0 for men, a gap of 13.3 years. 2,579 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 38.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

47.8

Women

55.3

Men

42.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

141.6

Deaths

2,579

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.0

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

623

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

321

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	95.43	115.59	55.3	42.0
1-4	12.15	12.42	59.7	46.0
5-9	2.98	3.05	58.5	44.2
10-14	2.34	2.61	54.4	39.9
15-19	3.54	9.66	50.0	35.3
20-24	4.77	21.54	45.8	31.9
25-29	5.39	22.24	41.9	30.3
30-34	6.16	20.69	38.0	28.6
35-39	7.22	19.84	34.1	26.4
40-44	8.69	20.24	30.2	23.9
45-49	10.21	22.21	26.5	21.2
50-54	13.42	25.74	22.7	18.4
55-59	17.93	32.78	19.1	15.6
60-64	26.32	43.01	15.7	12.9
65-69	39.20	59.29	12.5	10.4
70-74	61.84	84.82	9.7	8.2
75-79	97.46	123.78	7.3	6.2
80-84	152.76	186.16	5.4	4.6
85-89	227.32	277.14	4.0	3.4
90-94	322.59	380.90	3.0	2.5
95-99	434.23	492.39	2.3	2.0
100+	559.63	612.48	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1985

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