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

Yemen

1972

Life expectancy: 42.7

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

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Yemen

Life expectancy at birth in Yemen was 42.7 years in 1972: 45.0 for women and 40.5 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 183,772 people died; 10.5% of them were 65 or older and 66.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

42.7

Women

45.0

Men

40.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

204.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

306.4

Deaths

183,772

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.6

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

418

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	219.10	253.08	45.0	40.5
1-4	35.94	34.63	54.6	50.6
5-9	3.16	4.36	58.6	53.7
10-14	2.67	2.98	54.5	49.8
15-19	3.60	4.44	50.2	45.5
20-24	4.69	6.42	46.1	41.5
25-29	5.34	7.02	42.1	37.8
30-34	6.07	8.00	38.2	34.0
35-39	6.89	9.55	34.3	30.3
40-44	7.91	11.85	30.4	26.7
45-49	9.51	14.71	26.5	23.2
50-54	12.92	19.70	22.7	19.7
55-59	17.70	26.45	19.0	16.5
60-64	26.77	38.02	15.5	13.5
65-69	39.99	54.33	12.4	10.8
70-74	63.20	80.25	9.6	8.4
75-79	99.36	121.52	7.2	6.3
80-84	155.15	180.65	5.3	4.7
85-89	230.03	265.68	3.9	3.5
90-94	342.47	391.19	2.8	2.5
95-99	465.22	523.15	2.1	1.9
100+	604.23	658.68	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Yemen by year

Mortality in Yemen, 1972

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