Life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh was 66.5 years in 2007: 67.7 for women and 65.3 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 963,372 people died; 37.6% of them were 65 or older and 22.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

66.5

Women

67.7

Men

65.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.6

Deaths

963,372

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

197

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

157

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	44.80	51.75	67.7	65.3
1-4	3.16	3.22	69.8	67.7
5-9	1.62	1.58	66.7	64.6
10-14	0.88	1.04	62.2	60.1
15-19	1.22	1.25	57.5	55.4
20-24	1.36	1.32	52.8	50.7
25-29	1.67	1.51	48.1	46.0
30-34	1.80	1.95	43.5	41.3
35-39	2.35	2.47	38.9	36.7
40-44	3.22	3.47	34.3	32.2
45-49	4.09	5.84	29.8	27.7
50-54	7.16	9.70	25.4	23.4
55-59	11.32	16.20	21.2	19.4
60-64	19.37	25.91	17.3	15.9
65-69	31.50	37.87	13.8	12.7
70-74	47.67	58.37	10.7	9.8
75-79	81.73	95.00	7.9	7.3
80-84	134.26	150.41	5.7	5.3
85-89	221.97	239.91	3.9	3.7
90-94	356.09	377.55	2.7	2.5
95-99	563.45	584.88	1.8	1.7
100+	886.37	900.66	1.1	1.1

Mortality in Bangladesh by year

Mortality in Bangladesh, 2007

Year

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