Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 69.0 years in 2004: 71.3 for women and 66.9 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 27,753,293 people died; 47.7% of them were 65 or older and 16.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

69.0

Women

71.3

Men

66.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

57.0

Deaths

27,753,293

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

189

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

122

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	44.49	46.80	71.3	66.9
1-4	3.62	3.18	73.5	69.0
5-9	1.26	1.27	70.6	65.9
10-14	0.76	0.90	66.0	61.3
15-19	1.09	1.27	61.2	56.6
20-24	1.37	1.75	56.6	51.9
25-29	1.47	2.03	51.9	47.3
30-34	1.57	2.37	47.3	42.8
35-39	1.88	2.96	42.6	38.3
40-44	2.51	4.10	38.0	33.8
45-49	3.44	5.86	33.5	29.5
50-54	4.98	8.71	29.0	25.3
55-59	7.67	12.75	24.7	21.3
60-64	12.98	20.80	20.5	17.5
65-69	21.14	32.21	16.7	14.1
70-74	34.13	49.06	13.3	11.1
75-79	53.74	74.89	10.3	8.5
80-84	87.88	119.48	7.7	6.3
85-89	140.09	186.79	5.7	4.6
90-94	217.98	280.31	4.1	3.3
95-99	318.93	376.04	3.0	2.6
100+	439.12	465.03	2.3	2.2

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 2004

Year

Country