Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 55.2 years in 1988: 54.9 for women and 55.4 for men, a gap of -0.5 years. 1,346,386 people died; 21.9% of them were 65 or older and 46.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

55.2

Women

54.9

Men

55.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

158.6

Deaths

1,346,386

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

256

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

271

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	115.70	128.02	54.9	55.4
1-4	13.63	13.26	60.5	61.7
5-9	4.43	3.79	59.8	61.0
10-14	1.52	1.53	56.0	57.1
15-19	2.34	1.94	51.5	52.6
20-24	2.95	2.19	47.0	48.0
25-29	3.53	2.72	42.7	43.5
30-34	3.92	3.02	38.4	39.1
35-39	4.91	3.75	34.1	34.7
40-44	7.55	5.83	29.9	30.3
45-49	9.80	8.90	26.0	26.1
50-54	11.36	12.61	22.1	22.2
55-59	16.87	18.17	18.3	18.4
60-64	29.39	29.38	14.6	14.9
65-69	42.87	42.44	11.6	11.9
70-74	66.40	64.05	8.7	9.1
75-79	118.36	109.73	6.2	6.6
80-84	198.17	176.42	4.3	4.7
85-89	321.44	277.94	2.9	3.3
90-94	510.44	429.02	1.9	2.3
95-99	772.59	649.67	1.3	1.5
100+	1002.21	967.59	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1988

Year

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