Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 56.9 years in 1976: 58.3 for women and 55.6 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 27,628,205 people died; 24.8% of them were 65 or older and 37.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

56.9

Women

58.3

Men

55.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

93.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

134.2

Deaths

27,628,205

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

296

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

241

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	96.48	103.98	58.3	55.6
1-4	12.07	10.99	63.1	60.5
5-9	3.45	3.35	62.1	59.2
10-14	2.07	2.28	58.1	55.1
15-19	2.60	2.75	53.7	50.7
20-24	3.12	3.43	49.4	46.4
25-29	3.43	3.69	45.1	42.1
30-34	3.88	4.13	40.9	37.9
35-39	4.54	5.11	36.6	33.6
40-44	5.63	6.96	32.4	29.4
45-49	7.20	9.55	28.2	25.4
50-54	10.24	14.05	24.2	21.5
55-59	14.46	20.33	20.3	17.9
60-64	23.06	32.32	16.6	14.5
65-69	35.34	47.90	13.4	11.6
70-74	54.33	71.61	10.5	9.1
75-79	84.10	106.64	8.0	6.9
80-84	134.44	162.66	5.9	5.1
85-89	205.62	238.11	4.3	3.8
90-94	301.47	339.25	3.1	2.8
95-99	408.28	446.11	2.4	2.2
100+	530.28	558.50	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1976

Year

Country