Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 65.4 years in 1994: 67.4 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 26,781,519 people died; 38.6% of them were 65 or older and 25.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

65.4

Women

67.4

Men

63.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.8

Deaths

26,781,519

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

212

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

148

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	62.85	66.15	67.4	63.5
1-4	5.82	5.13	70.7	66.7
5-9	1.77	1.69	68.4	64.1
10-14	0.93	1.07	63.9	59.6
15-19	1.31	1.50	59.2	54.9
20-24	1.59	1.98	54.6	50.3
25-29	1.75	2.26	50.0	45.8
30-34	1.97	2.64	45.4	41.3
35-39	2.28	3.24	40.9	36.8
40-44	2.95	4.47	36.3	32.3
45-49	4.20	6.47	31.8	28.0
50-54	6.41	10.05	27.4	23.8
55-59	9.61	15.08	23.2	19.9
60-64	15.83	24.36	19.2	16.3
65-69	24.82	36.90	15.6	13.1
70-74	39.27	56.69	12.3	10.2
75-79	63.17	88.30	9.5	7.8
80-84	102.11	138.78	7.0	5.7
85-89	159.32	211.94	5.2	4.2
90-94	243.49	307.29	3.7	3.1
95-99	349.97	405.15	2.7	2.4
100+	468.85	498.68	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1994

Year

Country