Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 58.2 years in 2005: 59.6 for women and 56.9 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 241,933 people died; 15.8% of them were 65 or older and 48.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

58.2

Women

59.6

Men

56.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.5

Deaths

241,933

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

313

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

261

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	77.12	88.07	59.6	56.9
1-4	8.95	8.49	63.3	61.0
5-9	2.30	2.30	61.5	59.0
10-14	1.79	1.73	57.2	54.7
15-19	2.62	2.79	52.7	50.2
20-24	3.46	4.12	48.3	45.8
25-29	3.97	4.36	44.1	41.7
30-34	4.56	4.86	40.0	37.6
35-39	5.31	5.89	35.8	33.4
40-44	6.32	7.60	31.7	29.4
45-49	7.92	10.18	27.7	25.4
50-54	10.95	14.41	23.7	21.6
55-59	15.33	20.72	19.9	18.0
60-64	23.41	30.75	16.2	14.7
65-69	35.90	45.64	12.9	11.7
70-74	57.73	69.46	10.0	9.1
75-79	92.35	107.26	7.5	6.9
80-84	146.95	164.29	5.5	5.1
85-89	221.54	248.49	4.0	3.7
90-94	318.09	355.51	3.0	2.7
95-99	432.28	478.17	2.3	2.1
100+	560.82	609.35	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2005

Year

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