Life expectancy at birth in Bhutan was 49.8 years in 1982: 50.9 for women and 48.8 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 7,215 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 49.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

49.8

Women

50.9

Men

48.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

122.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

180.1

Deaths

7,215

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.6

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

399

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

349

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	123.52	142.30	50.9	48.8
1-4	17.81	16.64	56.5	55.1
5-9	4.08	3.81	56.5	54.7
10-14	3.18	2.77	52.6	50.7
15-19	4.42	4.10	48.4	46.4
20-24	5.68	5.87	44.4	42.3
25-29	6.40	6.41	40.6	38.5
30-34	7.27	7.33	36.9	34.7
35-39	8.16	8.81	33.1	30.9
40-44	9.20	11.03	29.4	27.2
45-49	10.76	13.86	25.7	23.5
50-54	14.46	18.74	21.9	20.1
55-59	19.52	25.40	18.4	16.8
60-64	29.37	36.72	15.0	13.7
65-69	43.06	52.79	12.0	11.0
70-74	67.18	78.31	9.3	8.5
75-79	104.27	118.98	7.0	6.4
80-84	160.62	177.50	5.2	4.8
85-89	235.37	261.88	3.9	3.5
90-94	329.61	366.34	2.9	2.6
95-99	439.15	484.85	2.2	2.0
100+	561.29	609.42	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Bhutan by year

Mortality in Bhutan, 1982

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