Life expectancy at birth in Bhutan was 65.3 years in 2004: 66.9 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 4,775 people died; 42.5% of them were 65 or older and 17.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

65.3

Women

66.9

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

47.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.5

Deaths

4,775

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

229

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

184

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	44.52	53.00	67.0	63.9
1-4	3.60	3.56	68.9	66.3
5-9	1.08	1.25	65.9	63.3
10-14	0.86	0.98	61.3	58.7
15-19	1.36	1.67	56.5	53.9
20-24	1.87	2.37	51.9	49.4
25-29	2.18	2.43	47.4	44.9
30-34	2.57	2.72	42.8	40.4
35-39	3.16	3.47	38.4	36.0
40-44	4.07	4.81	33.9	31.5
45-49	5.61	7.11	29.6	27.2
50-54	8.08	10.78	25.3	23.1
55-59	11.83	16.62	21.3	19.3
60-64	18.48	25.55	17.4	15.7
65-69	29.81	39.30	13.9	12.5
70-74	49.66	61.51	10.7	9.7
75-79	82.18	96.89	8.0	7.3
80-84	135.62	152.22	5.8	5.3
85-89	210.14	235.39	4.2	3.8
90-94	310.08	343.47	3.0	2.8
95-99	429.40	469.65	2.3	2.1
100+	564.30	606.69	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Bhutan by year

Mortality in Bhutan, 2004

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