Afghanistan Mortality 2024: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 66.3 years in 2024: 67.8 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 243,186 people are projected to die; 26.5% of them would be 65 or older and 33.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2024

Life expectancy at birth

66.3

Women

67.8

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.5

Deaths

243,186

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.7

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

222

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2024's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2024

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	40.10	48.18	67.8	64.7
1-4	3.13	3.10	69.5	66.8
5-9	1.00	1.17	66.4	63.7
10-14	0.81	0.93	61.7	59.0
15-19	1.25	1.58	57.0	54.3
20-24	1.71	2.27	52.3	49.7
25-29	2.00	2.32	47.7	45.2
30-34	2.37	2.58	43.2	40.7
35-39	2.94	3.28	38.7	36.2
40-44	3.83	4.57	34.2	31.8
45-49	5.36	6.81	29.8	27.4
50-54	7.77	10.42	25.6	23.3
55-59	11.45	16.20	21.5	19.4
60-64	17.93	24.99	17.6	15.8
65-69	29.12	38.61	14.0	12.6
70-74	48.73	60.62	10.8	9.7
75-79	80.84	95.64	8.0	7.3
80-84	134.16	150.87	5.8	5.3
85-89	208.77	234.18	4.2	3.8
90-94	309.55	342.82	3.0	2.8
95-99	430.18	470.27	2.3	2.1
100+	569.64	604.38	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2024

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