Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 45.5 years in 1991: 48.3 for women and 43.0 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 229,887 people died; 10.0% of them were 65 or older and 51.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

45.5

Women

48.3

Men

43.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

194.2

Deaths

229,887

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.8

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

530

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

384

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	129.39	146.78	48.3	43.0
1-4	21.12	19.59	53.8	48.5
5-9	5.48	5.03	54.3	48.3
10-14	3.73	3.60	50.8	44.5
15-19	4.90	7.11	46.7	40.3
20-24	6.29	12.27	42.8	36.6
25-29	7.13	12.96	39.1	33.8
30-34	8.02	12.94	35.4	30.9
35-39	9.05	14.13	31.8	27.8
40-44	10.48	16.04	28.1	24.6
45-49	12.46	19.05	24.5	21.5
50-54	16.44	24.21	20.9	18.4
55-59	22.08	31.83	17.5	15.4
60-64	33.06	44.02	14.2	12.6
65-69	48.81	61.77	11.3	10.1
70-74	75.18	88.99	8.7	7.9
75-79	111.73	128.52	6.6	6.0
80-84	174.26	194.36	4.8	4.4
85-89	261.51	293.04	3.5	3.2
90-94	376.36	420.44	2.6	2.3
95-99	517.20	568.51	1.9	1.7
100+	664.45	763.59	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1991

Year

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