Afghanistan Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 32.8 years in 1960: 33.5 for women and 32.1 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 286,157 people died; 9.2% of them were 65 or older and 55.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

32.8

Women

33.5

Men

32.1

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

238.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

354.5

Deaths

286,157

Deaths per 1,000 people

31.7

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

598

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

547

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	264.55	302.17	33.6	32.1
1-4	43.34	41.27	42.2	41.8
5-9	8.90	8.06	45.8	44.9
10-14	6.94	5.78	42.8	41.7
15-19	9.16	7.94	39.2	37.8
20-24	11.52	11.39	35.9	34.2
25-29	12.92	12.69	32.9	31.1
30-34	14.65	14.66	29.9	28.0
35-39	16.14	17.34	27.0	24.9
40-44	17.48	21.16	24.0	21.9
45-49	19.10	24.90	21.0	19.1
50-54	24.91	31.96	17.8	16.3
55-59	32.20	40.03	14.9	13.7
60-64	47.81	55.60	12.0	11.1
65-69	65.79	76.00	9.6	8.9
70-74	98.15	107.90	7.4	7.0
75-79	144.85	159.61	5.6	5.2
80-84	211.72	228.30	4.2	4.0
85-89	293.90	320.10	3.2	3.0
90-94	390.37	427.57	2.5	2.3
95-99	497.03	543.31	2.0	1.8
100+	606.21	656.17	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1960

Year

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