Life expectancy at birth in Bhutan was 38.3 years in 1965: 39.3 for women and 37.3 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 6,565 people died; 9.0% of them were 65 or older and 54.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

38.3

Women

39.3

Men

37.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

195.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

292.7

Deaths

6,565

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.1

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

534

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

477

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	209.05	240.16	39.3	37.3
1-4	33.28	32.30	47.1	46.0
5-9	7.03	6.54	49.5	48.0
10-14	5.49	4.72	46.2	44.5
15-19	7.31	6.55	42.4	40.5
20-24	9.23	9.38	38.9	36.8
25-29	10.36	10.39	35.6	33.5
30-34	11.75	11.97	32.3	30.1
35-39	13.00	14.22	29.1	26.8
40-44	14.22	17.45	25.9	23.6
45-49	15.80	20.84	22.6	20.5
50-54	20.77	27.11	19.3	17.5
55-59	27.15	34.67	16.1	14.7
60-64	40.40	48.64	13.1	12.0
65-69	56.54	67.42	10.5	9.6
70-74	85.34	96.87	8.1	7.5
75-79	127.73	144.32	6.2	5.6
80-84	189.49	208.67	4.6	4.2
85-89	267.59	297.97	3.5	3.2
90-94	361.74	403.91	2.7	2.4
95-99	467.56	520.77	2.1	1.9
100+	580.79	637.84	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Bhutan by year

Mortality in Bhutan, 1965

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