Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 67.2 years in 1999: 69.3 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 27,075,043 people died; 42.9% of them were 65 or older and 20.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

69.3

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

70.2

Deaths

27,075,043

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

200

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

136

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	54.44	57.20	69.3	65.2
1-4	4.73	4.17	72.1	67.9
5-9	1.53	1.49	69.4	65.0
10-14	0.84	0.97	65.0	60.5
15-19	1.20	1.36	60.2	55.8
20-24	1.55	1.86	55.6	51.2
25-29	1.60	2.13	51.0	46.6
30-34	1.75	2.51	46.4	42.1
35-39	2.12	3.16	41.8	37.6
40-44	2.72	4.26	37.2	33.1
45-49	3.69	6.07	32.6	28.8
50-54	5.76	9.30	28.2	24.6
55-59	8.73	13.87	24.0	20.7
60-64	14.50	22.58	19.9	16.9
65-69	22.97	34.35	16.2	13.7
70-74	36.52	51.90	12.9	10.8
75-79	57.44	80.05	9.9	8.2
80-84	94.26	128.14	7.4	6.0
85-89	147.71	197.48	5.4	4.4
90-94	230.43	293.68	3.9	3.2
95-99	335.74	394.49	2.8	2.5
100+	455.60	482.53	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 1999

Year

Country