Afghanistan Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 28.2 years in 1950: 28.8 for women and 27.5 for men, a gap of 1.3 years. 290,970 people died; 8.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

28.2

Women

28.8

Men

27.5

Life expectancy at 65

8.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

281.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

413.7

Deaths

290,970

Deaths per 1,000 people

37.4

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

655

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

605

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	322.12	371.99	28.8	27.6
1-4	53.55	50.87	38.2	38.1
5-9	10.69	9.58	42.7	42.1
10-14	8.32	6.85	39.9	39.1
15-19	10.93	9.35	36.5	35.4
20-24	13.72	13.42	33.4	31.9
25-29	15.39	15.03	30.6	29.0
30-34	17.45	17.40	27.9	26.0
35-39	19.18	20.54	25.2	23.2
40-44	20.63	24.96	22.4	20.4
45-49	22.27	29.07	19.6	17.8
50-54	28.90	36.93	16.6	15.2
55-59	37.09	45.51	13.8	12.8
60-64	55.08	62.75	11.1	10.4
65-69	74.90	84.90	8.9	8.3
70-74	111.00	119.48	6.8	6.5
75-79	162.25	176.27	5.2	4.9
80-84	234.97	249.68	3.9	3.7
85-89	320.63	344.82	3.0	2.8
90-94	419.40	453.60	2.3	2.2
95-99	526.32	567.72	1.9	1.8
100+	632.51	663.61	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1950

Year

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