Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan is projected at 71.3 years in 2053: 73.4 for women and 69.4 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 424,090 people are projected to die; 47.2% of them would be 65 or older and 10.3% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2053

Life expectancy at birth

71.3

Women

73.4

Men

69.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

23.8

Deaths

424,090

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

173

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2053's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2053

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	14.72	23.24	73.4	69.4
1-4	1.12	1.48	73.5	70.0
5-9	0.40	0.61	69.8	66.4
10-14	0.34	0.51	64.9	61.6
15-19	0.57	0.92	60.1	56.7
20-24	0.81	1.35	55.2	52.0
25-29	1.01	1.42	50.4	47.3
30-34	1.28	1.66	45.7	42.6
35-39	1.72	2.22	40.9	38.0
40-44	2.45	3.29	36.3	33.4
45-49	3.71	5.21	31.7	28.9
50-54	5.72	8.37	27.2	24.6
55-59	8.86	13.56	23.0	20.5
60-64	14.37	21.49	18.9	16.7
65-69	24.03	33.90	15.1	13.4
70-74	41.08	54.03	11.7	10.4
75-79	69.46	86.29	8.8	7.8
80-84	117.50	137.90	6.4	5.7
85-89	186.23	216.85	4.6	4.1
90-94	281.40	321.49	3.3	2.9
95-99	399.13	447.09	2.4	2.2
100+	538.47	584.11	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 2053

Year

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