Life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan was 54.5 years in 1966: 58.6 for women and 50.1 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 65,843 people died; 24.4% of them were 65 or older and 42.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

54.5

Women

58.6

Men

50.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

109.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

145.9

Deaths

65,843

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

415

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

228

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	109.17	126.56	58.6	50.1
1-4	10.46	10.78	64.2	55.6
5-9	1.58	3.93	62.9	54.0
10-14	1.33	2.94	58.4	50.0
15-19	1.94	4.31	53.8	45.7
20-24	2.60	6.18	49.3	41.7
25-29	3.01	6.75	44.9	37.9
30-34	3.51	7.72	40.5	34.1
35-39	4.19	9.28	36.2	30.4
40-44	5.19	11.58	31.9	26.7
45-49	6.85	14.49	27.7	23.1
50-54	9.69	19.52	23.5	19.7
55-59	14.69	27.09	19.6	16.4
60-64	23.21	38.35	15.9	13.4
65-69	36.96	54.68	12.5	10.8
70-74	62.78	81.89	9.5	8.4
75-79	101.54	121.63	7.1	6.4
80-84	156.33	179.86	5.3	4.8
85-89	229.38	257.46	3.9	3.6
90-94	316.93	352.63	3.0	2.7
95-99	438.06	487.51	2.2	2.0
100+	614.82	685.35	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Azerbaijan by year

Mortality in Azerbaijan, 1966

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