Life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan was 48.8 years in 1956: 52.9 for women and 44.6 for men, a gap of 8.3 years. 69,273 people died; 24.4% of them were 65 or older and 42.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

48.8

Women

52.9

Men

44.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

137.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

192.9

Deaths

69,273

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.5

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

485

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	140.52	163.67	52.9	44.6
1-4	16.17	17.18	59.6	51.2
5-9	2.71	5.37	59.5	50.7
10-14	2.21	3.99	55.2	47.0
15-19	3.11	5.56	50.8	42.9
20-24	4.08	7.97	46.6	39.0
25-29	4.66	8.77	42.5	35.5
30-34	5.33	10.06	38.4	32.0
35-39	6.13	12.01	34.4	28.5
40-44	7.18	14.85	30.4	25.1
45-49	8.83	18.03	26.4	21.9
50-54	12.13	23.79	22.5	18.7
55-59	17.70	31.55	18.7	15.8
60-64	26.88	42.29	15.2	13.0
65-69	41.23	57.65	12.0	10.5
70-74	68.12	85.49	9.2	8.2
75-79	106.74	125.11	7.0	6.3
80-84	161.07	183.39	5.2	4.7
85-89	232.92	258.81	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.82	351.54	3.0	2.7
95-99	449.34	484.60	2.2	2.0
100+	659.76	678.52	1.5	1.5

Mortality in Azerbaijan by year

Mortality in Azerbaijan, 1956

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