Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 49.7 years in 1962: 50.9 for women and 48.6 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 28,467,743 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 42.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

49.7

Women

50.9

Men

48.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

122.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

187.2

Deaths

28,467,743

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.2

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

385

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

324

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	127.59	138.92	50.9	48.6
1-4	20.36	18.68	56.6	54.6
5-9	4.90	4.67	57.2	54.7
10-14	3.00	3.07	53.6	50.9
15-19	3.68	3.63	49.3	46.7
20-24	4.59	4.83	45.2	42.5
25-29	5.23	5.42	41.2	38.5
30-34	5.93	6.03	37.2	34.5
35-39	6.88	7.28	33.3	30.4
40-44	8.32	9.92	29.3	26.5
45-49	10.29	13.37	25.5	22.7
50-54	14.19	19.47	21.7	19.1
55-59	18.97	27.13	18.1	15.8
60-64	29.66	41.85	14.7	12.7
65-69	45.77	61.91	11.6	10.1
70-74	71.18	90.53	8.9	7.8
75-79	110.85	133.54	6.7	6.0
80-84	171.94	197.18	4.9	4.4
85-89	253.24	281.12	3.6	3.3
90-94	361.34	394.94	2.7	2.5
95-99	485.97	525.28	2.0	1.9
100+	621.74	650.70	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1962

Year

Country