Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 62.3 years in 2014: 64.0 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 246,291 people died; 20.8% of them were 65 or older and 40.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

62.3

Women

64.0

Men

60.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

57.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.2

Deaths

246,291

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

278

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

215

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	55.57	64.65	64.0	60.5
1-4	5.68	5.47	66.6	63.5
5-9	1.63	1.74	64.1	60.8
10-14	1.22	1.32	59.6	56.3
15-19	1.82	2.38	54.9	51.7
20-24	2.44	3.67	50.4	47.3
25-29	2.83	3.80	46.0	43.1
30-34	3.29	4.04	41.6	38.9
35-39	3.94	4.85	37.3	34.6
40-44	4.94	6.29	33.0	30.4
45-49	6.57	8.70	28.7	26.3
50-54	9.26	12.59	24.6	22.3
55-59	13.29	18.72	20.6	18.6
60-64	20.55	28.12	16.9	15.2
65-69	32.54	42.46	13.4	12.1
70-74	53.32	65.40	10.4	9.4
75-79	86.41	101.36	7.8	7.1
80-84	140.89	158.07	5.6	5.2
85-89	217.16	243.31	4.1	3.7
90-94	318.00	353.66	3.0	2.7
95-99	437.67	478.11	2.2	2.1
100+	569.48	610.84	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2014

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