Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 44.5 years in 1989: 47.0 for women and 42.1 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 232,519 people died; 9.8% of them were 65 or older and 52.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

44.5

Women

47.0

Men

42.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

133.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

205.7

Deaths

232,519

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.6

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

535

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

397

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	136.98	155.55	47.0	42.1
1-4	22.97	21.11	52.8	48.0
5-9	5.82	5.30	53.6	48.0
10-14	4.00	3.78	50.2	44.3
15-19	5.18	7.21	46.1	40.1
20-24	6.59	12.19	42.3	36.4
25-29	7.46	12.92	38.6	33.6
30-34	8.41	13.02	35.0	30.7
35-39	9.49	14.36	31.4	27.5
40-44	10.94	16.39	27.8	24.4
45-49	12.95	19.46	24.2	21.3
50-54	17.05	24.78	20.6	18.2
55-59	22.82	32.48	17.2	15.3
60-64	34.17	44.93	14.0	12.5
65-69	50.19	62.92	11.2	10.0
70-74	77.05	90.50	8.6	7.9
75-79	114.18	130.74	6.5	6.0
80-84	177.26	196.77	4.8	4.4
85-89	264.66	294.57	3.5	3.2
90-94	379.17	420.38	2.5	2.3
95-99	519.00	567.69	1.9	1.7
100+	680.18	754.43	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1989

Year

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