Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 31.8 years in 1958: 32.6 for women and 31.2 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 285,913 people died; 9.1% of them were 65 or older and 55.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

31.8

Women

32.6

Men

31.2

Life expectancy at 65

9.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

246.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

366.1

Deaths

285,913

Deaths per 1,000 people

32.8

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

611

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

559

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	275.52	314.81	32.6	31.2
1-4	45.28	43.15	41.4	41.0
5-9	9.24	8.36	45.2	44.3
10-14	7.20	6.00	42.2	41.1
15-19	9.49	8.23	38.6	37.3
20-24	11.94	11.79	35.4	33.7
25-29	13.39	13.16	32.4	30.6
30-34	15.18	15.21	29.5	27.5
35-39	16.72	17.98	26.6	24.5
40-44	18.07	21.92	23.7	21.6
45-49	19.69	25.74	20.7	18.8
50-54	25.67	32.98	17.6	16.0
55-59	33.13	41.17	14.7	13.5
60-64	49.19	57.09	11.9	11.0
65-69	67.51	77.88	9.5	8.8
70-74	100.54	110.38	7.3	6.8
75-79	148.07	163.20	5.5	5.2
80-84	215.88	232.94	4.2	3.9
85-89	298.74	325.64	3.2	2.9
90-94	395.47	433.67	2.5	2.3
95-99	501.84	549.37	2.0	1.8
100+	610.54	661.86	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1958

Year

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