Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 61.2 years in 1999: 61.9 for women and 60.7 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 1,141,782 people died; 30.5% of them were 65 or older and 31.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

61.2

Women

61.9

Men

60.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

69.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

91.0

Deaths

1,141,782

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.6

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

240

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

220

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	69.08	77.79	61.9	60.7
1-4	5.83	5.78	65.2	64.5
5-9	2.65	2.35	62.7	61.9
10-14	1.16	1.28	58.6	57.7
15-19	1.66	1.54	53.9	53.0
20-24	2.10	1.78	49.3	48.4
25-29	2.64	2.07	44.8	43.8
30-34	2.61	2.47	40.4	39.2
35-39	3.17	3.17	35.9	34.7
40-44	5.25	4.64	31.4	30.2
45-49	6.48	7.25	27.2	25.8
50-54	9.45	11.86	23.0	21.7
55-59	16.35	19.88	18.9	17.9
60-64	26.69	31.57	15.3	14.5
65-69	39.00	45.17	12.2	11.5
70-74	59.80	67.71	9.2	8.8
75-79	108.12	116.83	6.6	6.3
80-84	180.47	187.86	4.6	4.5
85-89	290.79	293.72	3.2	3.2
90-94	457.76	446.60	2.1	2.2
95-99	694.82	659.99	1.4	1.5
100+	1002.10	962.84	1.0	1.0

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 1999

Year

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