Life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan was 57.5 years in 1972: 61.6 for women and 53.2 for men, a gap of 8.4 years. 57,615 people died; 28.9% of them were 65 or older and 34.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

57.5

Women

61.6

Men

53.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

95.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

124.8

Deaths

57,615

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

372

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

194

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	94.59	109.41	61.6	53.2
1-4	8.22	8.41	66.6	58.1
5-9	1.09	3.20	64.7	56.1
10-14	0.94	2.41	60.1	51.9
15-19	1.41	3.61	55.4	47.5
20-24	1.93	5.16	50.7	43.3
25-29	2.26	5.59	46.2	39.4
30-34	2.67	6.37	41.7	35.5
35-39	3.28	7.72	37.2	31.5
40-44	4.24	9.80	32.8	27.7
45-49	5.86	12.60	28.4	23.9
50-54	8.45	17.33	24.2	20.3
55-59	13.09	24.65	20.1	16.9
60-64	21.11	35.74	16.3	13.8
65-69	34.31	52.04	12.9	11.0
70-74	59.33	78.61	9.8	8.5
75-79	97.80	118.05	7.3	6.5
80-84	152.46	175.81	5.4	4.9
85-89	225.61	254.21	4.0	3.6
90-94	312.73	350.11	3.0	2.7
95-99	437.22	492.92	2.2	2.0
100+	624.06	719.27	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Azerbaijan by year

Mortality in Azerbaijan, 1972

Year

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