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

Western Sahara

2006

Life expectancy: 65.7

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 2006 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 65.7 years in 2006: 67.5 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 2,353 people died; 31.6% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

65.7

Women

67.5

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.3

Deaths

2,353

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

227

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

179

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	42.25	52.19	67.5	64.1
1-4	3.28	3.46	69.4	66.5
5-9	1.00	1.23	66.3	63.4
10-14	0.80	0.97	61.6	58.7
15-19	1.28	1.64	56.8	54.0
20-24	1.76	2.34	52.2	49.4
25-29	2.06	2.39	47.6	45.0
30-34	2.44	2.68	43.1	40.5
35-39	3.01	3.42	38.6	36.0
40-44	3.91	4.75	34.1	31.6
45-49	5.44	7.04	29.7	27.3
50-54	7.87	10.70	25.5	23.2
55-59	11.57	16.52	21.4	19.3
60-64	18.10	25.42	17.5	15.7
65-69	29.33	39.15	13.9	12.5
70-74	49.02	61.32	10.7	9.7
75-79	81.36	96.64	8.0	7.3
80-84	134.73	151.93	5.8	5.3
85-89	209.21	235.08	4.2	3.8
90-94	309.65	343.22	3.0	2.8
95-99	429.44	469.52	2.3	2.1
100+	564.81	606.72	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 2006

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