Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 68.2 years in 2033: 69.9 for women and 66.5 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 274,772 people are projected to die; 32.8% of them would be 65 or older and 24.0% 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, 2033

Life expectancy at birth

68.2

Women

69.9

Men

66.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.0

Deaths

274,772

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

204

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

157

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2033's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2033

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	28.47	37.21	69.9	66.5
1-4	2.24	2.41	70.9	68.0
5-9	0.73	0.93	67.5	64.6
10-14	0.60	0.75	62.8	59.9
15-19	0.96	1.30	58.0	55.1
20-24	1.33	1.89	53.2	50.5
25-29	1.60	1.95	48.6	45.9
30-34	1.94	2.21	43.9	41.3
35-39	2.47	2.88	39.3	36.8
40-44	3.32	4.10	34.8	32.3
45-49	4.78	6.24	30.3	27.9
50-54	7.09	9.72	26.0	23.7
55-59	10.65	15.33	21.8	19.7
60-64	16.91	23.90	17.9	16.1
65-69	27.74	37.21	14.2	12.8
70-74	46.74	58.71	11.0	9.9
75-79	77.91	92.96	8.2	7.5
80-84	129.82	147.06	6.0	5.4
85-89	202.75	228.90	4.3	3.9
90-94	301.77	336.00	3.1	2.8
95-99	421.20	462.41	2.3	2.1
100+	560.51	597.09	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2033

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