Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 51.0 years in 1976: 49.9 for women and 51.9 for men, a gap of -2.0 years. 1,307,923 people died; 12.3% of them were 65 or older and 61.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

51.0

Women

49.9

Men

51.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

145.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

219.6

Deaths

1,307,923

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.4

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

246

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

290

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	154.19	169.64	49.9	51.9
1-4	23.43	22.51	57.0	60.2
5-9	5.94	4.29	58.3	61.6
10-14	2.26	1.71	55.0	57.9
15-19	3.45	2.32	50.6	53.4
20-24	4.54	2.72	46.5	49.0
25-29	5.44	3.52	42.5	44.6
30-34	6.59	3.84	38.6	40.4
35-39	6.88	4.39	34.8	36.1
40-44	6.97	5.81	30.9	31.8
45-49	8.27	8.08	26.9	27.7
50-54	10.33	10.69	22.9	23.7
55-59	16.03	15.05	19.0	19.9
60-64	26.63	24.70	15.4	16.2
65-69	38.40	35.38	12.2	13.0
70-74	59.45	53.53	9.3	10.1
75-79	106.43	92.00	6.6	7.4
80-84	179.30	148.84	4.6	5.3
85-89	294.55	237.24	3.1	3.7
90-94	477.73	378.07	2.0	2.5
95-99	750.40	602.83	1.3	1.6
100+	1000.60	945.63	1.0	1.1

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1976

Year

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