Life expectancy at birth in Azerbaijan was 62.7 years in 1996: 66.5 for women and 58.8 for men, a gap of 7.7 years. 67,003 people died; 39.8% of them were 65 or older and 20.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

62.7

Women

66.5

Men

58.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.5

Deaths

67,003

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.6

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

325

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

145

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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	69.45	80.88	66.5	58.8
1-4	5.05	5.35	70.2	62.6
5-9	0.61	0.84	67.6	59.9
10-14	0.37	0.64	62.8	55.2
15-19	0.58	1.45	57.9	50.4
20-24	0.90	2.44	53.1	45.7
25-29	1.18	2.50	48.3	41.2
30-34	1.57	3.41	43.5	36.7
35-39	1.91	4.55	38.9	32.3
40-44	2.46	7.41	34.2	28.0
45-49	4.03	12.45	29.6	23.9
50-54	7.08	18.48	25.2	20.3
55-59	11.64	25.83	21.0	17.0
60-64	18.54	35.52	17.1	14.0
65-69	30.06	49.79	13.5	11.3
70-74	53.31	75.15	10.2	8.8
75-79	90.75	113.68	7.6	6.7
80-84	144.82	170.15	5.6	5.0
85-89	218.27	248.29	4.1	3.7
90-94	305.66	345.11	3.1	2.8
95-99	432.53	480.71	2.2	2.0
100+	635.16	678.56	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Azerbaijan by year

Mortality in Azerbaijan, 1996

Year

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