Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 46.6 years in 1992: 49.6 for women and 43.8 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 228,005 people died; 10.2% of them were 65 or older and 51.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

46.6

Women

49.6

Men

43.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

183.4

Deaths

228,005

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.2

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

525

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

371

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	123.24	139.96	49.6	43.8
1-4	19.23	17.89	55.0	49.1
5-9	4.94	4.54	55.2	48.6
10-14	3.44	3.32	51.5	44.7
15-19	4.64	6.99	47.4	40.4
20-24	6.00	12.55	43.4	36.8
25-29	6.80	13.21	39.7	34.0
30-34	7.66	13.10	35.9	31.1
35-39	8.67	14.04	32.2	28.1
40-44	10.04	15.78	28.6	24.9
45-49	11.90	18.63	24.9	21.8
50-54	15.73	23.52	21.3	18.6
55-59	21.13	30.91	17.8	15.6
60-64	31.59	42.68	14.5	12.8
65-69	46.69	59.96	11.6	10.3
70-74	72.23	86.63	8.9	8.1
75-79	108.60	125.93	6.8	6.1
80-84	169.30	190.49	5.0	4.5
85-89	253.32	287.46	3.6	3.2
90-94	363.32	411.46	2.6	2.4
95-99	498.85	556.56	2.0	1.8
100+	646.33	755.63	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1992

Year

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