Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 33.8 years in 1962: 34.5 for women and 33.1 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 288,059 people died; 9.3% of them were 65 or older and 55.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

33.8

Women

34.5

Men

33.1

Life expectancy at 65

9.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

230.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

343.2

Deaths

288,059

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.6

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

586

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

535

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	254.49	290.02	34.5	33.1
1-4	41.53	39.46	43.0	42.6
5-9	8.56	7.75	46.4	45.5
10-14	6.68	5.57	43.3	42.2
15-19	8.83	7.66	39.7	38.3
20-24	11.11	10.98	36.4	34.7
25-29	12.46	12.22	33.3	31.5
30-34	14.13	14.11	30.3	28.4
35-39	15.58	16.71	27.3	25.3
40-44	16.89	20.40	24.3	22.2
45-49	18.50	24.07	21.3	19.4
50-54	24.17	30.98	18.1	16.5
55-59	31.30	38.93	15.1	13.9
60-64	46.49	54.17	12.2	11.3
65-69	64.14	74.22	9.8	9.1
70-74	95.85	105.62	7.5	7.1
75-79	141.77	156.43	5.7	5.3
80-84	207.67	224.21	4.3	4.0
85-89	289.07	315.26	3.3	3.0
90-94	385.01	422.29	2.5	2.3
95-99	491.32	538.09	2.0	1.8
100+	601.40	651.64	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1962

Year

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