Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 55.3 years in 1972: 56.6 for women and 54.1 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 28,220,171 people died; 22.4% of them were 65 or older and 41.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

55.3

Women

56.6

Men

54.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

145.0

Deaths

28,220,171

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

315

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

260

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	102.51	111.43	56.6	54.1
1-4	13.58	12.52	61.6	59.3
5-9	3.75	3.56	60.9	58.2
10-14	2.14	2.23	57.0	54.2
15-19	2.60	2.84	52.6	49.8
20-24	3.27	3.70	48.3	45.5
25-29	3.77	4.05	44.0	41.3
30-34	4.25	4.52	39.8	37.1
35-39	5.01	5.55	35.6	32.9
40-44	6.20	7.54	31.4	28.7
45-49	7.90	10.26	27.4	24.7
50-54	11.29	15.27	23.4	20.9
55-59	15.81	21.85	19.6	17.3
60-64	25.26	34.59	16.0	14.0
65-69	38.58	51.23	12.8	11.2
70-74	59.24	75.48	9.9	8.8
75-79	92.63	113.09	7.5	6.7
80-84	146.35	169.36	5.5	5.0
85-89	220.88	247.69	4.0	3.7
90-94	318.32	349.51	3.0	2.8
95-99	422.78	458.91	2.3	2.1
100+	558.88	597.94	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1972

Year

Country