Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 60.9 years in 1983: 62.8 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 26,617,013 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 33.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

60.9

Women

62.8

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

109.7

Deaths

26,617,013

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

255

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	81.11	86.20	62.8	59.2
1-4	9.08	8.03	67.0	63.4
5-9	2.57	2.46	65.4	61.5
10-14	1.30	1.58	61.2	57.2
15-19	1.68	2.03	56.6	52.6
20-24	2.20	2.77	52.0	48.1
25-29	2.31	2.97	47.6	43.8
30-34	2.53	3.27	43.1	39.4
35-39	3.11	3.99	38.6	35.0
40-44	4.11	5.66	34.2	30.6
45-49	5.54	8.10	29.8	26.4
50-54	8.18	12.19	25.6	22.4
55-59	11.78	17.67	21.6	18.7
60-64	19.51	28.64	17.7	15.2
65-69	30.52	43.36	14.3	12.1
70-74	47.83	66.02	11.2	9.4
75-79	75.63	101.24	8.5	7.2
80-84	119.47	154.30	6.3	5.3
85-89	185.44	229.75	4.6	3.9
90-94	278.01	326.08	3.4	2.9
95-99	382.48	422.97	2.5	2.3
100+	503.04	535.33	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1983

Year

Country