Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 26.5 years in 1971: 32.7 for women and 22.8 for men, a gap of 9.9 years. 2,802,343 people died; 10.5% of them were 65 or older and 41.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

26.5

Women

32.7

Men

22.8

Life expectancy at 65

7.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

195.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

343.0

Deaths

2,802,343

Deaths per 1,000 people

39.9

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

869

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

551

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	215.05	238.26	32.7	22.8
1-4	52.56	50.93	39.2	27.6
5-9	17.71	14.26	43.8	29.3
10-14	7.29	8.41	42.6	26.3
15-19	8.02	23.44	39.1	22.3
20-24	9.62	46.07	35.6	19.8
25-29	11.01	48.11	32.3	19.3
30-34	12.41	42.53	28.9	18.9
35-39	13.96	41.81	25.6	17.8
40-44	17.35	41.90	22.3	16.4
45-49	22.46	45.95	19.1	14.6
50-54	27.34	51.71	16.1	12.8
55-59	37.71	63.98	13.1	10.8
60-64	59.36	82.33	10.2	9.0
65-69	88.81	107.16	7.9	7.4
70-74	130.71	140.47	6.0	5.9
75-79	182.89	170.78	4.5	4.7
80-84	314.95	297.22	2.9	3.1
85-89	540.14	532.13	1.8	1.8
90-94	928.76	928.87	1.1	1.1
95-99	1937.34	1949.92	0.5	0.5
100+	1932.37	1949.70	0.5	0.5

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1971

Year

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