Afghanistan Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 30.4 years in 1955: 31.1 for women and 29.7 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 286,725 people died; 9.0% of them were 65 or older and 54.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

30.4

Women

31.1

Men

29.7

Life expectancy at 65

8.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

259.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

384.4

Deaths

286,725

Deaths per 1,000 people

34.4

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

629

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

577

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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	293.00	335.65	31.1	29.7
1-4	48.33	46.22	40.2	39.8
5-9	9.78	8.86	44.2	43.4
10-14	7.62	6.35	41.3	40.2
15-19	10.03	8.69	37.8	36.5
20-24	12.60	12.46	34.6	33.0
25-29	14.14	13.92	31.7	29.9
30-34	16.03	16.10	28.9	26.9
35-39	17.64	19.03	26.1	23.9
40-44	19.02	23.16	23.2	21.1
45-49	20.65	27.11	20.3	18.4
50-54	26.87	34.61	17.2	15.7
55-59	34.60	42.98	14.3	13.2
60-64	51.38	59.46	11.6	10.7
65-69	70.24	80.84	9.3	8.6
70-74	104.40	114.25	7.1	6.7
75-79	153.25	168.73	5.4	5.0
80-84	222.88	240.09	4.1	3.8
85-89	306.62	334.10	3.1	2.9
90-94	404.07	442.86	2.4	2.2
95-99	510.59	558.45	1.9	1.8
100+	618.24	668.67	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1955

Year

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