Life expectancy at birth in Armenia was 63.0 years in 1971: 66.2 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 21,689 people died; 41.1% of them were 65 or older and 27.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

63.0

Women

66.2

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

82.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

100.6

Deaths

21,689

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.6

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

248

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

134

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	78.61	95.96	66.2	59.7
1-4	4.69	5.31	70.5	64.6
5-9	0.62	1.86	67.9	61.9
10-14	0.43	1.06	63.1	57.5
15-19	0.76	1.95	58.2	52.8
20-24	0.98	2.64	53.4	48.3
25-29	1.25	2.85	48.7	43.9
30-34	1.47	3.11	43.9	39.5
35-39	1.97	3.98	39.2	35.0
40-44	2.73	5.38	34.6	30.7
45-49	4.12	7.78	30.0	26.5
50-54	6.17	11.55	25.6	22.4
55-59	9.40	17.56	21.3	18.6
60-64	16.08	27.30	17.2	15.1
65-69	29.49	43.04	13.5	11.9
70-74	53.44	68.06	10.2	9.1
75-79	92.07	107.30	7.5	6.8
80-84	146.77	165.38	5.5	5.0
85-89	220.37	248.90	4.1	3.7
90-94	306.09	347.97	3.1	2.8
95-99	410.91	462.98	2.4	2.1
100+	528.74	586.30	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Armenia by year

Mortality in Armenia, 1971

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