Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 38.8 years in 1952: 38.4 for women and 39.2 for men, a gap of -0.8 years. 1,120,000 people died; 15.3% of them were 65 or older and 57.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

38.8

Women

38.4

Men

39.2

Life expectancy at 65

9.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

194.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

329.4

Deaths

1,120,000

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.1

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

372

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

397

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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	211.10	237.56	38.4	39.2
1-4	47.03	47.23	46.0	48.2
5-9	11.02	8.19	51.0	53.6
10-14	4.73	3.69	48.8	50.8
15-19	6.60	4.32	44.9	46.7
20-24	7.08	4.79	41.3	42.6
25-29	7.24	5.43	37.7	38.6
30-34	8.64	6.20	34.0	34.6
35-39	8.89	6.75	30.4	30.6
40-44	9.22	8.44	26.7	26.6
45-49	11.99	12.35	22.8	22.6
50-54	16.25	17.43	19.1	18.9
55-59	24.96	26.98	15.5	15.4
60-64	42.43	43.90	12.2	12.2
65-69	61.76	62.60	9.5	9.6
70-74	95.18	93.88	7.0	7.2
75-79	168.64	159.26	4.8	5.1
80-84	279.90	254.63	3.3	3.5
85-89	446.48	398.34	2.2	2.4
90-94	703.57	604.19	1.4	1.6
95-99	1003.54	858.12	1.0	1.2
100+	1001.50	1001.70	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1952

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