Afghanistan Mortality 2018: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 62.4 years in 2018: 65.9 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 267,162 people died; 21.5% of them were 65 or older and 33.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2018

Life expectancy at birth

62.4

Women

65.9

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

65.3

Deaths

267,162

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

331

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

199

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2018's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2018

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	47.75	56.43	65.9	59.2
1-4	4.10	4.03	68.1	61.5
5-9	1.19	1.35	65.2	58.5
10-14	0.95	1.14	60.6	53.9
15-19	1.53	3.30	55.9	49.2
20-24	2.12	6.59	51.3	45.0
25-29	2.46	6.73	46.8	41.4
30-34	2.89	6.49	42.3	37.7
35-39	3.55	6.75	37.9	33.9
40-44	4.59	7.75	33.6	30.0
45-49	6.12	9.89	29.3	26.0
50-54	8.63	13.37	25.1	22.2
55-59	12.41	19.40	21.1	18.6
60-64	19.11	28.34	17.3	15.2
65-69	30.54	42.42	13.7	12.1
70-74	50.57	64.99	10.6	9.4
75-79	83.32	100.24	7.9	7.1
80-84	136.86	157.34	5.8	5.2
85-89	211.51	244.09	4.2	3.7
90-94	310.92	360.71	3.0	2.6
95-99	429.99	531.30	2.3	1.9
100+	564.72	665.65	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2018

Year

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