Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 66.5 years in 1997: 68.6 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 26,861,516 people died; 41.0% of them were 65 or older and 22.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

66.5

Women

68.6

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

57.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

75.2

Deaths

26,861,516

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

205

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

141

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	58.05	61.03	68.6	64.5
1-4	5.20	4.58	71.6	67.5
5-9	1.63	1.57	69.1	64.7
10-14	0.88	1.01	64.6	60.2
15-19	1.25	1.43	59.9	55.5
20-24	1.57	1.91	55.2	50.8
25-29	1.65	2.19	50.7	46.3
30-34	1.80	2.54	46.1	41.8
35-39	2.22	3.25	41.4	37.3
40-44	2.79	4.33	36.9	32.9
45-49	3.86	6.22	32.4	28.5
50-54	6.03	9.56	27.9	24.3
55-59	9.11	14.37	23.7	20.4
60-64	14.94	23.21	19.7	16.7
65-69	23.65	35.31	16.0	13.5
70-74	37.32	53.41	12.7	10.6
75-79	59.24	83.02	9.8	8.0
80-84	96.29	131.58	7.3	5.9
85-89	150.45	201.72	5.4	4.3
90-94	232.47	297.49	3.9	3.2
95-99	334.69	393.54	2.9	2.5
100+	453.76	482.97	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1997

Year

Country