Afghanistan Mortality 1990: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 45.1 years in 1990: 47.7 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 234,642 people died; 10.0% of them were 65 or older and 51.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1990

Life expectancy at birth

45.1

Women

47.7

Men

42.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

129.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

199.4

Deaths

234,642

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.5

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

529

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

390

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1990's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1990

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	132.74	150.71	47.7	42.7
1-4	21.97	20.28	53.3	48.4
5-9	5.64	5.16	54.0	48.4
10-14	3.86	3.68	50.5	44.6
15-19	5.03	7.07	46.4	40.4
20-24	6.43	11.99	42.5	36.7
25-29	7.28	12.69	38.8	33.8
30-34	8.21	12.76	35.2	30.9
35-39	9.25	14.05	31.6	27.7
40-44	10.69	16.05	27.9	24.6
45-49	12.69	19.10	24.3	21.4
50-54	16.74	24.37	20.8	18.3
55-59	22.45	32.03	17.3	15.4
60-64	33.63	44.36	14.1	12.6
65-69	49.54	62.22	11.2	10.1
70-74	76.18	89.60	8.7	7.9
75-79	113.00	129.48	6.6	6.0
80-84	175.87	195.36	4.8	4.4
85-89	263.29	293.40	3.5	3.2
90-94	378.08	419.60	2.6	2.3
95-99	519.72	565.91	1.9	1.8
100+	683.34	755.92	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1990

Year

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