Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 35.6 years in 1966: 36.4 for women and 34.9 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 294,989 people died; 9.4% of them were 65 or older and 55.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

35.6

Women

36.4

Men

34.9

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

215.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

322.1

Deaths

294,989

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.7

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

564

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

512

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	235.53	268.12	36.4	34.9
1-4	38.12	36.31	44.6	44.0
5-9	7.94	7.22	47.6	46.6
10-14	6.19	5.20	44.4	43.2
15-19	8.21	7.17	40.8	39.3
20-24	10.34	10.28	37.4	35.6
25-29	11.60	11.42	34.2	32.4
30-34	13.16	13.17	31.1	29.1
35-39	14.53	15.62	28.0	25.9
40-44	15.80	19.11	25.0	22.8
45-49	17.41	22.65	21.8	19.9
50-54	22.79	29.28	18.6	16.9
55-59	29.62	37.05	15.5	14.2
60-64	44.01	51.72	12.6	11.6
65-69	61.05	71.20	10.0	9.3
70-74	91.57	101.72	7.8	7.2
75-79	136.03	150.94	5.9	5.5
80-84	200.24	217.24	4.4	4.1
85-89	280.31	307.14	3.3	3.1
90-94	375.55	413.61	2.6	2.4
95-99	481.75	529.90	2.1	1.9
100+	593.16	645.04	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1966

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