Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 57.8 years in 2004: 59.1 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 244,433 people died; 15.3% of them were 65 or older and 50.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

57.8

Women

59.1

Men

56.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

113.4

Deaths

244,433

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

315

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

266

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	79.82	91.03	59.1	56.5
1-4	9.37	8.88	62.9	60.8
5-9	2.38	2.37	61.2	58.9
10-14	1.86	1.78	56.9	54.6
15-19	2.72	2.81	52.4	50.1
20-24	3.59	4.08	48.1	45.7
25-29	4.11	4.34	43.9	41.6
30-34	4.72	4.88	39.8	37.5
35-39	5.47	5.95	35.7	33.3
40-44	6.47	7.71	31.6	29.3
45-49	8.08	10.32	27.6	25.3
50-54	11.15	14.60	23.6	21.5
55-59	15.56	20.92	19.8	18.0
60-64	23.75	31.04	16.2	14.6
65-69	36.31	46.00	12.9	11.7
70-74	58.27	69.92	10.0	9.1
75-79	93.04	107.95	7.5	6.8
80-84	147.65	164.99	5.5	5.0
85-89	222.06	249.03	4.0	3.7
90-94	318.16	355.68	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.85	478.67	2.3	2.1
100+	559.91	610.43	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2004

Year

Country