Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 45.8 years in 1954: 46.8 for women and 44.9 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 29,666,097 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 46.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

45.8

Women

46.8

Men

44.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

140.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

222.7

Deaths

29,666,097

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.9

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

426

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

365

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	147.74	162.49	46.8	44.9
1-4	26.41	24.83	53.1	51.5
5-9	6.16	5.61	54.7	52.7
10-14	3.85	3.65	51.4	49.1
15-19	4.56	4.39	47.3	45.0
20-24	5.67	5.81	43.3	40.9
25-29	6.35	6.44	39.5	37.0
30-34	7.12	7.20	35.7	33.2
35-39	8.24	8.69	31.9	29.3
40-44	9.77	11.57	28.2	25.5
45-49	11.84	15.29	24.4	21.8
50-54	15.96	21.78	20.8	18.4
55-59	21.25	29.70	17.3	15.2
60-64	33.91	46.40	13.9	12.2
65-69	51.53	66.25	11.0	9.8
70-74	78.10	96.07	8.6	7.7
75-79	116.47	134.74	6.5	5.9
80-84	179.08	198.36	4.8	4.4
85-89	257.67	282.54	3.6	3.3
90-94	361.13	397.51	2.7	2.4
95-99	483.78	542.64	2.0	1.8
100+	606.47	683.34	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1954

Year

Country