Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 46.8 years in 1964: 45.9 for women and 47.6 for men, a gap of -1.7 years. 1,127,110 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 59.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

46.8

Women

45.9

Men

47.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

157.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

243.2

Deaths

1,127,110

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.4

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

298

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

338

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	166.66	185.75	45.9	47.6
1-4	27.57	27.20	52.9	55.9
5-9	8.05	5.46	54.8	58.0
10-14	3.53	2.54	52.0	54.6
15-19	4.83	2.97	47.8	50.2
20-24	5.20	3.30	44.0	45.9
25-29	5.48	3.91	40.0	41.7
30-34	6.68	4.35	36.1	37.4
35-39	7.16	5.10	32.2	33.2
40-44	8.05	7.00	28.3	29.0
45-49	10.61	10.00	24.4	24.9
50-54	13.76	13.61	20.6	21.1
55-59	20.48	20.45	16.8	17.4
60-64	35.39	33.79	13.4	14.0
65-69	51.58	48.34	10.5	11.1
70-74	79.72	73.01	7.8	8.4
75-79	142.06	124.72	5.5	6.1
80-84	236.93	199.67	3.7	4.3
85-89	379.98	310.55	2.5	3.0
90-94	594.18	468.12	1.7	2.1
95-99	881.50	692.62	1.1	1.4
100+	1002.21	1000.70	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1964

Year

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