Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 53.8 years in 1991: 53.1 for women and 54.4 for men, a gap of -1.3 years. 1,472,973 people died; 23.2% of them were 65 or older and 40.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

53.8

Women

53.1

Men

54.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

105.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

151.7

Deaths

1,472,973

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.9

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

277

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

317

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	107.82	118.89	53.1	54.4
1-4	13.66	13.22	58.0	60.1
5-9	5.84	5.17	57.1	59.3
10-14	2.50	2.41	53.8	55.8
15-19	2.92	2.37	49.4	51.4
20-24	3.72	2.42	45.1	47.0
25-29	4.59	2.84	40.9	42.5
30-34	4.97	3.19	36.8	38.1
35-39	6.05	3.98	32.7	33.7
40-44	9.01	6.09	28.6	29.3
45-49	11.17	9.24	24.8	25.1
50-54	13.32	13.76	21.1	21.2
55-59	20.24	20.97	17.3	17.5
60-64	33.48	33.23	13.9	14.2
65-69	48.14	47.30	11.0	11.3
70-74	73.48	70.75	8.3	8.6
75-79	127.94	120.26	5.9	6.2
80-84	213.05	192.90	4.1	4.4
85-89	343.90	302.10	2.7	3.1
90-94	541.73	459.24	1.8	2.1
95-99	813.95	679.31	1.2	1.5
100+	1092.78	1001.10	0.9	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1991

Year

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