Afghanistan Mortality 2022: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 65.6 years in 2022: 67.2 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 243,193 people died; 25.1% of them were 65 or older and 34.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2022

Life expectancy at birth

65.6

Women

67.2

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.0

Deaths

243,193

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

233

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

182

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2022's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2022

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	42.89	50.83	67.2	63.9
1-4	3.44	3.35	69.1	66.2
5-9	1.07	1.22	66.1	63.1
10-14	0.85	0.97	61.4	58.5
15-19	1.33	1.75	56.7	53.7
20-24	1.82	2.64	52.0	49.2
25-29	2.12	2.69	47.5	44.8
30-34	2.51	2.92	43.0	40.4
35-39	3.09	3.61	38.5	35.9
40-44	4.00	4.90	34.0	31.5
45-49	5.55	7.16	29.7	27.3
50-54	7.99	10.79	25.4	23.2
55-59	11.71	16.62	21.3	19.3
60-64	18.28	25.48	17.5	15.7
65-69	29.58	39.20	13.9	12.5
70-74	49.36	61.34	10.7	9.7
75-79	81.69	96.52	8.0	7.3
80-84	135.22	151.97	5.8	5.3
85-89	209.96	235.51	4.2	3.8
90-94	310.66	344.24	3.0	2.8
95-99	431.04	472.14	2.3	2.1
100+	567.60	609.61	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2022

Year

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