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

Western Sahara

1988

Life expectancy: 52.1

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 52.1 years in 1988: 57.7 for women and 47.3 for men, a gap of 10.4 years. 2,226 people died; 12.5% of them were 65 or older and 37.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

52.1

Women

57.7

Men

47.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

124.2

Deaths

2,226

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

518

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

290

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	84.45	101.79	57.7	47.3
1-4	10.15	10.45	61.7	51.3
5-9	2.55	2.68	60.2	49.4
10-14	2.01	2.21	55.9	45.0
15-19	3.02	6.85	51.4	40.5
20-24	4.05	14.48	47.2	36.8
25-29	4.61	14.97	43.1	34.4
30-34	5.29	14.23	39.0	31.9
35-39	6.20	14.11	35.0	29.0
40-44	7.49	15.04	31.0	26.0
45-49	9.04	17.25	27.1	22.8
50-54	12.12	21.06	23.3	19.6
55-59	16.51	27.82	19.6	16.5
60-64	24.63	37.96	16.0	13.6
65-69	37.22	53.70	12.8	10.9
70-74	59.31	78.56	9.9	8.5
75-79	94.29	116.94	7.4	6.5
80-84	149.05	177.26	5.5	4.8
85-89	223.42	266.78	4.0	3.5
90-94	319.14	376.69	3.0	2.6
95-99	432.03	498.11	2.3	2.0
100+	558.81	619.27	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1988

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