Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 57.2 years in 2003: 58.5 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 243,570 people died; 14.7% of them were 65 or older and 50.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

57.2

Women

58.5

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.8

Deaths

243,570

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

324

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

273

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	82.83	94.30	58.5	55.9
1-4	9.88	9.36	62.4	60.2
5-9	2.49	2.46	60.9	58.5
10-14	1.95	1.85	56.6	54.2
15-19	2.84	2.95	52.1	49.6
20-24	3.73	4.34	47.8	45.3
25-29	4.27	4.62	43.7	41.3
30-34	4.90	5.16	39.6	37.2
35-39	5.66	6.25	35.5	33.1
40-44	6.67	8.03	31.4	29.1
45-49	8.27	10.65	27.4	25.1
50-54	11.39	14.97	23.5	21.4
55-59	15.85	21.33	19.7	17.8
60-64	24.15	31.53	16.1	14.6
65-69	36.78	46.59	12.8	11.6
70-74	58.88	70.64	9.9	9.0
75-79	93.79	108.86	7.4	6.8
80-84	148.48	166.09	5.5	5.0
85-89	222.81	250.29	4.0	3.6
90-94	318.62	357.01	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.82	480.02	2.3	2.1
100+	559.19	611.62	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2003

Year

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