Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 70.4 years in 2046: 72.3 for women and 68.5 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 357,522 people are projected to die; 42.6% of them would be 65 or older and 14.0% 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, 2046

Life expectancy at birth

70.4

Women

72.3

Men

68.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.5

Deaths

357,522

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.0

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

184

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

134

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2046's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2046

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	18.24	27.17	72.3	68.5
1-4	1.42	1.75	72.6	69.3
5-9	0.49	0.70	69.0	65.8
10-14	0.41	0.58	64.2	61.0
15-19	0.68	1.03	59.3	56.2
20-24	0.97	1.52	54.5	51.5
25-29	1.19	1.59	49.8	46.8
30-34	1.48	1.83	45.1	42.2
35-39	1.95	2.43	40.4	37.6
40-44	2.73	3.55	35.7	33.0
45-49	4.06	5.56	31.2	28.5
50-54	6.19	8.82	26.8	24.3
55-59	9.48	14.15	22.5	20.2
60-64	15.27	22.30	18.5	16.5
65-69	25.37	35.00	14.8	13.2
70-74	43.13	55.57	11.4	10.2
75-79	72.55	88.47	8.5	7.7
80-84	122.03	140.85	6.2	5.6
85-89	192.38	220.65	4.5	4.0
90-94	289.06	325.93	3.2	2.9
95-99	407.58	451.61	2.4	2.2
100+	547.05	587.68	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2046

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