Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 67.2 years in 2028: 68.8 for women and 65.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 254,759 people are projected to die; 29.3% of them would be 65 or older and 29.0% 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, 2028

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

68.8

Men

65.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.9

Deaths

254,759

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

213

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

167

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2028's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2028

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	34.40	42.80	68.8	65.6
1-4	2.70	2.76	70.2	67.4
5-9	0.87	1.05	66.9	64.1
10-14	0.71	0.84	62.2	59.4
15-19	1.11	1.44	57.4	54.7
20-24	1.52	2.08	52.7	50.1
25-29	1.80	2.14	48.1	45.6
30-34	2.16	2.40	43.5	41.0
35-39	2.71	3.08	39.0	36.5
40-44	3.59	4.34	34.5	32.0
45-49	5.08	6.54	30.0	27.6
50-54	7.45	10.09	25.8	23.5
55-59	11.08	15.79	21.6	19.6
60-64	17.47	24.49	17.7	16.0
65-69	28.51	37.98	14.1	12.7
70-74	47.87	59.77	10.9	9.8
75-79	79.59	94.47	8.1	7.4
80-84	132.33	149.23	5.9	5.4
85-89	206.26	231.93	4.2	3.9
90-94	306.35	339.94	3.1	2.8
95-99	426.56	467.00	2.3	2.1
100+	566.06	601.47	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2028

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