Life expectancy at birth in Bhutan was 52.0 years in 1985: 53.2 for women and 51.1 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 7,109 people died; 14.1% of them were 65 or older and 46.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

52.0

Women

53.2

Men

51.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

109.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

159.7

Deaths

7,109

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

374

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

328

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	110.14	126.41	53.2	51.1
1-4	14.98	14.12	58.2	56.8
5-9	3.58	3.38	57.7	56.0
10-14	2.78	2.48	53.7	51.9
15-19	3.95	3.70	49.4	47.5
20-24	5.14	5.29	45.4	43.3
25-29	5.82	5.74	41.5	39.4
30-34	6.60	6.55	37.6	35.5
35-39	7.43	7.92	33.8	31.6
40-44	8.44	10.00	30.0	27.8
45-49	10.01	12.78	26.2	24.1
50-54	13.52	17.48	22.4	20.5
55-59	18.40	24.04	18.8	17.1
60-64	27.75	34.98	15.3	14.0
65-69	41.14	50.67	12.2	11.2
70-74	64.62	75.60	9.5	8.7
75-79	100.95	115.26	7.1	6.6
80-84	156.71	173.05	5.3	4.9
85-89	231.29	256.86	3.9	3.6
90-94	326.02	361.33	2.9	2.7
95-99	437.24	480.17	2.2	2.1
100+	560.07	606.02	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Bhutan by year

Mortality in Bhutan, 1985

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