Life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan was 57.0 years in 1971: 61.2 for women and 52.7 for men, a gap of 8.5 years. 58,515 people died; 28.2% of them were 65 or older and 35.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

57.0

Women

61.2

Men

52.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

97.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

128.0

Deaths

58,515

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.1

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

379

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

199

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	96.78	111.98	61.2	52.7
1-4	8.53	8.75	66.3	57.7
5-9	1.15	3.31	64.5	55.7
10-14	0.99	2.49	59.9	51.6
15-19	1.47	3.72	55.1	47.2
20-24	2.01	5.32	50.5	43.1
25-29	2.35	5.77	46.0	39.2
30-34	2.77	6.58	41.5	35.2
35-39	3.39	7.96	37.1	31.3
40-44	4.36	10.08	32.7	27.5
45-49	5.98	12.90	28.3	23.8
50-54	8.60	17.68	24.1	20.2
55-59	13.30	25.05	20.0	16.8
60-64	21.43	36.19	16.2	13.7
65-69	34.77	52.53	12.8	11.0
70-74	60.00	79.22	9.7	8.5
75-79	98.64	118.74	7.3	6.5
80-84	153.50	176.61	5.4	4.8
85-89	226.81	254.92	4.0	3.6
90-94	314.23	350.77	3.0	2.7
95-99	438.74	482.61	2.2	2.0
100+	628.06	672.31	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Azerbaijan by year

Mortality in Azerbaijan, 1971

Year

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