Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 69.9 years in 2043: 71.8 for women and 68.1 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 333,699 people are projected to die; 40.4% of them would be 65 or older and 15.9% 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, 2043

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

71.8

Men

68.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.9

Deaths

333,699

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.0

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

188

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2043's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2043

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	20.12	29.02	71.8	68.1
1-4	1.58	1.88	72.3	69.0
5-9	0.54	0.74	68.7	65.5
10-14	0.45	0.61	63.9	60.8
15-19	0.74	1.08	59.0	56.0
20-24	1.04	1.59	54.2	51.2
25-29	1.27	1.66	49.5	46.6
30-34	1.58	1.91	44.8	42.0
35-39	2.06	2.53	40.1	37.4
40-44	2.85	3.67	35.5	32.8
45-49	4.22	5.71	31.0	28.4
50-54	6.38	9.02	26.6	24.1
55-59	9.74	14.42	22.4	20.1
60-64	15.64	22.66	18.4	16.4
65-69	25.89	35.50	14.6	13.1
70-74	43.93	56.28	11.3	10.1
75-79	73.73	89.49	8.5	7.6
80-84	123.73	142.26	6.2	5.6
85-89	194.60	222.52	4.4	4.0
90-94	291.74	328.22	3.2	2.9
95-99	410.39	454.11	2.4	2.2
100+	549.75	589.94	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2043

Year

Country