Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 59.0 years in 1979: 60.6 for women and 57.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 26,501,849 people died; 27.5% of them were 65 or older and 35.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

59.0

Women

60.6

Men

57.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.7

Deaths

26,501,849

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

271

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	89.97	96.23	60.6	57.5
1-4	10.81	9.65	65.1	62.2
5-9	2.88	2.80	63.9	60.5
10-14	1.57	1.84	59.8	56.4
15-19	2.06	2.30	55.3	51.9
20-24	2.57	2.95	50.8	47.4
25-29	2.73	3.16	46.5	43.1
30-34	3.09	3.52	42.1	38.7
35-39	3.70	4.39	37.7	34.4
40-44	4.78	6.21	33.3	30.1
45-49	6.28	8.73	29.1	26.0
50-54	9.10	12.97	24.9	22.0
55-59	12.98	18.88	21.0	18.3
60-64	21.31	30.50	17.2	14.9
65-69	32.78	45.43	13.8	11.9
70-74	51.11	68.63	10.8	9.3
75-79	79.27	103.34	8.3	7.1
80-84	126.04	156.55	6.1	5.3
85-89	194.14	231.89	4.5	3.9
90-94	284.72	326.64	3.3	2.9
95-99	389.89	433.76	2.5	2.3
100+	503.93	544.54	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1979

Year

Country