Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 66.1 years in 1996: 68.2 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 26,816,204 people died; 40.1% of them were 65 or older and 23.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

66.1

Women

68.2

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

58.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.7

Deaths

26,816,204

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

208

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	59.76	62.83	68.2	64.1
1-4	5.44	4.79	71.3	67.2
5-9	1.67	1.61	68.8	64.5
10-14	0.89	1.03	64.4	60.0
15-19	1.28	1.46	59.7	55.3
20-24	1.58	1.93	55.0	50.7
25-29	1.68	2.22	50.5	46.1
30-34	1.85	2.57	45.9	41.6
35-39	2.25	3.25	41.3	37.1
40-44	2.84	4.38	36.7	32.7
45-49	3.96	6.30	32.2	28.4
50-54	6.18	9.73	27.8	24.2
55-59	9.30	14.63	23.6	20.3
60-64	15.22	23.58	19.6	16.6
65-69	24.00	35.80	15.9	13.3
70-74	37.85	54.37	12.6	10.5
75-79	60.39	84.65	9.7	8.0
80-84	97.78	133.55	7.3	5.9
85-89	152.52	204.54	5.3	4.3
90-94	234.57	300.18	3.9	3.2
95-99	335.99	393.79	2.8	2.5
100+	455.19	485.70	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1996

Year

Country