Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 55.5 years in 1989: 55.3 for women and 55.7 for men, a gap of -0.5 years. 1,340,472 people died; 23.0% of them were 65 or older and 44.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

55.5

Women

55.3

Men

55.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

151.8

Deaths

1,340,472

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

259

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

274

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	111.24	123.20	55.3	55.7
1-4	12.70	12.37	60.6	61.8
5-9	4.26	3.67	59.7	60.9
10-14	1.49	1.51	55.9	57.0
15-19	2.30	1.90	51.3	52.4
20-24	2.99	2.16	46.9	47.9
25-29	3.62	2.67	42.5	43.4
30-34	3.94	2.97	38.3	38.9
35-39	4.90	3.71	34.0	34.4
40-44	7.63	5.78	29.7	30.0
45-49	9.82	8.87	25.8	25.8
50-54	11.46	12.82	22.0	21.9
55-59	17.30	18.84	18.1	18.2
60-64	29.97	30.34	14.5	14.7
65-69	43.67	43.68	11.5	11.7
70-74	67.64	65.88	8.6	9.0
75-79	120.50	112.97	6.1	6.5
80-84	201.47	181.48	4.2	4.6
85-89	326.23	285.22	2.9	3.2
90-94	516.10	437.48	1.9	2.2
95-99	776.93	653.71	1.3	1.5
100+	1000.40	961.82	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1989

Year

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