Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 68.0 years in 2001: 70.2 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 27,202,095 people died; 44.8% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

70.2

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

64.8

Deaths

27,202,095

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

194

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

129

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	50.48	53.03	70.2	65.9
1-4	4.24	3.73	72.8	68.5
5-9	1.40	1.38	70.0	65.5
10-14	0.79	0.93	65.5	60.9
15-19	1.14	1.31	60.7	56.2
20-24	1.48	1.79	56.0	51.5
25-29	1.55	2.07	51.4	47.0
30-34	1.66	2.45	46.8	42.4
35-39	1.98	3.03	42.2	37.9
40-44	2.64	4.22	37.6	33.5
45-49	3.54	5.94	33.0	29.1
50-54	5.38	9.01	28.6	24.9
55-59	8.29	13.35	24.3	20.9
60-64	13.86	21.84	20.2	17.2
65-69	22.08	33.33	16.5	13.9
70-74	35.42	50.55	13.1	10.9
75-79	55.46	77.28	10.1	8.4
80-84	90.95	123.98	7.6	6.2
85-89	143.21	191.85	5.6	4.5
90-94	222.91	286.03	4.0	3.3
95-99	325.76	383.19	2.9	2.6
100+	441.17	468.82	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 2001

Year

Country