Asia Mortality 2009: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 71.0 years in 2009: 73.5 for women and 68.7 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 28,546,010 people died; 52.0% of them were 65 or older and 12.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2009

Life expectancy at birth

71.0

Women

73.5

Men

68.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.3

Deaths

28,546,010

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

176

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

108

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2009's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2009

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	34.88	37.04	73.5	68.7
1-4	2.56	2.29	75.1	70.2
5-9	0.90	0.98	71.8	66.9
10-14	0.62	0.75	67.1	62.2
15-19	0.91	1.15	62.3	57.4
20-24	1.11	1.53	57.6	52.7
25-29	1.20	1.77	52.9	48.1
30-34	1.35	2.15	48.2	43.5
35-39	1.61	2.69	43.5	39.0
40-44	2.15	3.72	38.8	34.5
45-49	3.15	5.56	34.2	30.1
50-54	4.63	8.27	29.7	25.8
55-59	6.65	11.93	25.4	21.8
60-64	11.63	19.24	21.1	18.0
65-69	19.27	29.81	17.2	14.6
70-74	31.66	46.43	13.7	11.5
75-79	50.68	71.38	10.6	8.8
80-84	83.36	112.87	8.0	6.6
85-89	131.56	176.50	5.9	4.8
90-94	209.66	271.49	4.2	3.4
95-99	309.55	374.54	3.0	2.6
100+	438.02	460.02	2.3	2.2

Mortality in Asia by year

Mortality in Asia, 2009

Year

Country