Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 50.7 years in 1965: 52.1 for women and 49.3 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 30,200,919 people died; 19.3% of them were 65 or older and 43.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

50.7

Women

52.1

Men

49.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

116.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

176.3

Deaths

30,200,919

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.9

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

382

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	121.02	131.72	52.1	49.4
1-4	18.46	17.08	57.6	55.1
5-9	4.84	4.63	57.8	54.8
10-14	2.88	3.05	54.2	51.1
15-19	3.40	3.66	49.9	46.8
20-24	4.30	5.02	45.7	42.6
25-29	4.93	5.61	41.7	38.6
30-34	5.59	6.12	37.7	34.7
35-39	6.52	7.30	33.7	30.7
40-44	7.89	9.71	29.7	26.7
45-49	9.90	13.08	25.8	22.9
50-54	13.68	18.98	22.0	19.3
55-59	18.55	26.50	18.3	16.0
60-64	28.97	41.23	14.9	12.9
65-69	44.18	59.81	11.8	10.2
70-74	69.01	89.06	9.1	7.9
75-79	107.30	129.85	6.8	6.0
80-84	168.96	195.14	5.0	4.5
85-89	248.55	277.81	3.7	3.3
90-94	354.01	389.07	2.7	2.5
95-99	468.61	505.97	2.1	2.0
100+	588.03	651.30	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1965

Year

Country