Asia Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 42.0 years in 1950: 43.6 for women and 40.5 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 31,233,481 people died; 18.4% of them were 65 or older and 43.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

42.0

Women

43.6

Men

40.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

152.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

252.0

Deaths

31,233,481

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.8

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

502

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

403

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	161.61	178.53	43.6	40.5
1-4	32.75	31.02	49.9	47.1
5-9	7.43	6.87	52.6	49.1
10-14	4.59	4.48	49.5	45.7
15-19	5.31	5.95	45.6	41.7
20-24	6.63	8.65	41.7	37.9
25-29	7.40	9.65	38.1	34.4
30-34	8.22	10.17	34.4	31.0
35-39	9.38	11.54	30.7	27.5
40-44	11.14	14.59	27.1	24.0
45-49	13.20	18.36	23.5	20.6
50-54	17.82	25.49	19.9	17.3
55-59	23.85	34.62	16.6	14.3
60-64	37.62	52.02	13.3	11.6
65-69	56.75	74.42	10.6	9.2
70-74	83.31	101.89	8.2	7.3
75-79	124.56	144.58	6.2	5.7
80-84	187.37	208.47	4.7	4.3
85-89	263.60	292.52	3.5	3.2
90-94	352.23	405.65	2.7	2.4
95-99	466.10	544.84	2.1	1.8
100+	592.56	695.36	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1950

Year

Country