Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 68.0 years in 2032: 69.7 for women and 66.3 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 270,297 people are projected to die; 32.1% of them would be 65 or older and 25.0% 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, 2032

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

69.7

Men

66.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.2

Deaths

270,297

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

206

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2032's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2032

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	29.54	38.21	69.7	66.3
1-4	2.33	2.48	70.8	67.9
5-9	0.76	0.95	67.4	64.5
10-14	0.62	0.76	62.7	59.8
15-19	0.99	1.32	57.9	55.0
20-24	1.37	1.92	53.1	50.4
25-29	1.64	1.99	48.5	45.8
30-34	1.98	2.25	43.9	41.3
35-39	2.52	2.92	39.3	36.7
40-44	3.37	4.14	34.7	32.2
45-49	4.84	6.30	30.3	27.8
50-54	7.16	9.79	25.9	23.6
55-59	10.74	15.43	21.8	19.7
60-64	17.04	24.03	17.9	16.1
65-69	27.91	37.38	14.2	12.8
70-74	46.99	58.95	11.0	9.9
75-79	78.29	93.30	8.2	7.4
80-84	130.40	147.57	5.9	5.4
85-89	203.56	229.62	4.3	3.9
90-94	302.84	336.95	3.1	2.8
95-99	422.49	463.56	2.3	2.1
100+	561.92	598.30	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2032

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