Afghanistan Mortality 2008: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 59.7 years in 2008: 61.4 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 235,284 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 45.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2008

Life expectancy at birth

59.7

Women

61.4

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

96.3

Deaths

235,284

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

308

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

242

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2008's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2008

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	68.35	78.43	61.4	58.0
1-4	7.46	7.11	64.7	61.6
5-9	1.96	2.01	62.6	59.3
10-14	1.54	1.54	58.2	54.9
15-19	2.29	2.77	53.6	50.3
20-24	3.04	4.40	49.2	46.0
25-29	3.50	4.60	44.9	41.9
30-34	4.05	4.94	40.7	37.9
35-39	4.76	5.80	36.4	33.8
40-44	5.77	7.35	32.3	29.7
45-49	7.36	9.83	28.1	25.7
50-54	10.25	13.87	24.1	21.8
55-59	14.46	20.10	20.2	18.2
60-64	22.15	29.83	16.5	14.9
65-69	34.34	44.48	13.2	11.9
70-74	55.65	67.91	10.2	9.2
75-79	89.68	104.99	7.6	6.9
80-84	143.89	161.87	5.6	5.1
85-89	218.48	246.90	4.1	3.7
90-94	315.95	358.54	3.0	2.7
95-99	433.44	481.95	2.3	2.0
100+	562.53	611.66	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2008

Year

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