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

Western Sahara

1986

Life expectancy: 48.5

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-5 -1 1986 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 48.5 years in 1986: 56.0 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 13.4 years. 2,529 people died; 11.0% of them were 65 or older and 37.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

48.5

Women

56.0

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

94.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

135.2

Deaths

2,529

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.1

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

614

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	91.49	110.42	56.0	42.7
1-4	11.41	11.67	60.3	46.5
5-9	2.82	2.91	59.0	44.7
10-14	2.22	2.51	54.8	40.3
15-19	3.37	9.41	50.4	35.8
20-24	4.55	21.04	46.2	32.3
25-29	5.16	21.70	42.2	30.7
30-34	5.90	20.16	38.3	28.9
35-39	6.94	19.32	34.3	26.7
40-44	8.40	19.71	30.5	24.1
45-49	9.92	21.68	26.7	21.4
50-54	13.07	25.18	22.9	18.6
55-59	17.52	32.18	19.3	15.7
60-64	25.76	42.33	15.8	13.0
65-69	38.51	58.52	12.6	10.5
70-74	60.93	83.92	9.7	8.2
75-79	96.30	122.58	7.3	6.3
80-84	151.38	184.95	5.4	4.6
85-89	225.86	276.86	4.0	3.4
90-94	321.23	381.68	3.0	2.5
95-99	433.22	495.55	2.3	2.0
100+	558.91	613.20	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1986

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