Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 34.2 years in 1963: 34.9 for women and 33.5 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 289,744 people died; 9.3% of them were 65 or older and 55.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

34.2

Women

34.9

Men

33.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

226.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

338.0

Deaths

289,744

Deaths per 1,000 people

30.2

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

581

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

530

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	249.84	284.36	35.0	33.5
1-4	40.71	38.65	43.4	43.0
5-9	8.42	7.62	46.7	45.8
10-14	6.56	5.47	43.6	42.5
15-19	8.68	7.54	40.0	38.6
20-24	10.92	10.80	36.6	34.9
25-29	12.25	12.02	33.5	31.7
30-34	13.89	13.87	30.5	28.6
35-39	15.32	16.43	27.5	25.4
40-44	16.63	20.07	24.5	22.4
45-49	18.24	23.71	21.4	19.5
50-54	23.83	30.54	18.2	16.6
55-59	30.89	38.46	15.2	13.9
60-64	45.89	53.55	12.3	11.4
65-69	63.38	73.46	9.8	9.1
70-74	94.80	104.64	7.6	7.1
75-79	140.34	155.04	5.8	5.4
80-84	205.81	222.46	4.3	4.0
85-89	286.90	313.25	3.3	3.0
90-94	382.71	420.20	2.5	2.3
95-99	489.14	536.25	2.0	1.9
100+	599.45	650.11	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1963

Year

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