Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 38.8 years in 1987: 42.6 for women and 35.6 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 280,339 people died; 9.2% of them were 65 or older and 49.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

38.8

Women

42.6

Men

35.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

240.1

Deaths

280,339

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.6

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

659

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

454

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	156.06	176.36	42.6	35.6
1-4	29.47	27.50	48.6	41.2
5-9	8.03	7.29	50.4	41.8
10-14	5.03	5.11	47.4	38.2
15-19	6.19	10.94	43.5	34.2
20-24	7.85	19.57	39.8	30.9
25-29	8.92	20.56	36.3	28.8
30-34	9.98	19.75	32.8	26.7
35-39	11.27	21.01	29.4	24.2
40-44	13.21	22.93	25.9	21.6
45-49	15.75	26.33	22.5	19.0
50-54	20.42	32.32	19.2	16.3
55-59	27.10	41.32	15.9	13.7
60-64	40.41	55.30	12.9	11.3
65-69	59.37	75.74	10.2	9.1
70-74	89.80	106.03	7.9	7.1
75-79	127.28	146.38	6.0	5.5
80-84	198.19	220.38	4.4	4.0
85-89	299.81	332.93	3.1	2.8
90-94	435.87	480.35	2.2	2.0
95-99	609.65	662.43	1.6	1.5
100+	874.66	909.67	1.1	1.1

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1987

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