Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 53.0 years in 1982: 52.2 for women and 53.7 for men, a gap of -1.5 years. 1,374,092 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 56.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

53.0

Women

52.2

Men

53.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

132.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

194.3

Deaths

1,374,092

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.8

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

244

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

272

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	138.98	152.49	52.2	53.7
1-4	19.13	18.31	58.8	61.3
5-9	5.39	4.13	59.3	61.8
10-14	1.83	1.59	55.9	58.0
15-19	2.71	2.14	51.4	53.5
20-24	3.20	2.45	47.0	49.0
25-29	3.71	3.14	42.7	44.6
30-34	4.47	3.44	38.5	40.2
35-39	5.39	4.08	34.3	35.9
40-44	7.08	5.81	30.2	31.6
45-49	9.18	8.41	26.2	27.4
50-54	11.10	11.15	22.3	23.5
55-59	16.66	15.28	18.4	19.7
60-64	28.91	25.14	14.8	16.1
65-69	42.23	36.44	11.7	12.9
70-74	65.51	55.07	8.8	9.9
75-79	116.78	94.40	6.3	7.3
80-84	193.93	152.22	4.4	5.3
85-89	309.26	242.03	3.0	3.7
90-94	486.93	384.97	2.0	2.5
95-99	743.55	606.39	1.3	1.6
100+	1001.20	941.97	1.0	1.1

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1982

Year

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