Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 37.9 years in 1971: 38.8 for women and 37.2 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 305,185 people died; 9.5% of them were 65 or older and 56.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

37.9

Women

38.8

Men

37.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

197.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

296.1

Deaths

305,185

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.4

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

536

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

484

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	213.67	241.49	38.8	37.2
1-4	34.14	32.50	46.6	45.9
5-9	7.20	6.58	49.1	47.9
10-14	5.62	4.75	45.8	44.5
15-19	7.48	6.58	42.1	40.5
20-24	9.43	9.43	38.6	36.7
25-29	10.58	10.45	35.3	33.4
30-34	12.01	12.03	32.1	30.1
35-39	13.28	14.29	28.9	26.8
40-44	14.51	17.53	25.7	23.6
45-49	16.10	20.93	22.5	20.5
50-54	21.14	27.22	19.2	17.5
55-59	27.60	34.80	16.0	14.6
60-64	41.06	48.80	13.0	12.0
65-69	57.37	67.62	10.4	9.6
70-74	86.48	97.13	8.0	7.5
75-79	129.23	144.66	6.1	5.6
80-84	191.44	209.11	4.6	4.2
85-89	269.92	298.47	3.5	3.2
90-94	364.32	404.46	2.7	2.4
95-99	470.30	521.36	2.1	1.9
100+	583.40	638.28	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1971

Year

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