Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 35.1 years in 1965: 35.9 for women and 34.4 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 292,983 people died; 9.3% of them were 65 or older and 55.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

35.1

Women

35.9

Men

34.4

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

219.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

327.3

Deaths

292,983

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.2

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

570

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

518

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	240.19	273.33	35.9	34.4
1-4	38.97	37.06	44.2	43.7
5-9	8.10	7.35	47.3	46.3
10-14	6.32	5.29	44.2	43.0
15-19	8.36	7.29	40.5	39.0
20-24	10.53	10.45	37.1	35.4
25-29	11.82	11.62	34.0	32.2
30-34	13.40	13.40	30.9	28.9
35-39	14.79	15.88	27.9	25.8
40-44	16.08	19.42	24.8	22.7
45-49	17.68	23.00	21.7	19.7
50-54	23.13	29.69	18.4	16.8
55-59	30.04	37.51	15.4	14.1
60-64	44.63	52.32	12.5	11.5
65-69	61.82	71.94	10.0	9.2
70-74	92.64	102.67	7.7	7.2
75-79	137.46	152.27	5.8	5.4
80-84	202.08	218.93	4.4	4.1
85-89	282.50	309.12	3.3	3.1
90-94	377.94	415.74	2.6	2.4
95-99	484.23	531.93	2.0	1.9
100+	595.24	646.66	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1965

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