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Life expectancy (from birth) in Egypt from 1900 to 2020*

Characteristic	Life expectancy in years
2020	71.74
2015	70.83
2010	69.87
2005	68.98
2000	67.97
1995	65.44
1990	63.53
1985	59.89
1980	56.75
1975	52.95
1970	51.57
1965	49.28
1960	46.33
1955	41.13
1950	36.04
1945	32.04
1940	33.9
1935	31.88
1930	32.32
1925	32.8
1920	31.26
1915	32.8
1910	32.84
1905	32.9
1900	32.9

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August 2019

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Egypt

Survey time period

1900 to 2020

Supplementary notes

*All data given is an average of the preceding five year period.
Data for the second source can be found .

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Between 1900 and 1950, Egypt’s life expectancy saw little change, hovering around 33 years, with the only decrease coming in the 1910s during the Spanish Flu epidemic and the Second World War. However, following the removal of the monarchy and establishment of the Egyptian republic in the 1952 Revolution, life expectancy saw a several decade rise, largely due to a significant expansion of the economy, health services, and other forms of social welfare; this increase then slowed between 1960 and 1975 as the economic growth in the country slowed, but it then increased to 68 years at the turn of the millennium. Since 2000, this growth has slowed, as a mixture of high population growth, high unemployment, and significant civil unrest have hit the country in the last two decades, although it has still reached 72 years in 2020, which is just one year below the global life expectancy.