Bangladesh Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 44.0 years in 1960: 43.2 for women and 44.7 for men, a gap of -1.5 years. 1,120,765 people died; 12.7% of them were 65 or older and 58.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

44.0

Women

43.2

Men

44.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

168.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

268.6

Deaths

1,120,765

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

326

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

364

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	180.81	201.73	43.2	44.7
1-4	32.72	32.38	50.4	53.3
5-9	9.33	6.52	53.1	56.3
10-14	4.11	3.10	50.6	53.1
15-19	5.48	3.51	46.6	48.9
20-24	5.94	3.88	42.8	44.7
25-29	6.24	4.49	39.0	40.5
30-34	7.60	5.01	35.1	36.4
35-39	7.99	5.75	31.4	32.2
40-44	8.67	7.64	27.6	28.1
45-49	11.33	10.87	23.7	24.1
50-54	14.88	14.93	19.9	20.3
55-59	22.32	22.63	16.3	16.7
60-64	38.21	37.02	12.9	13.4
65-69	55.54	52.79	10.1	10.6
70-74	85.65	79.39	7.5	8.0
75-79	151.57	135.03	5.2	5.7
80-84	252.13	216.71	3.6	4.0
85-89	404.77	339.03	2.4	2.8
90-94	637.35	512.31	1.6	1.9
95-99	946.24	749.21	1.1	1.3
100+	1013.27	1007.05	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1960

Year

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