Life expectancy at birth in Bhutan was 69.8 years in 2012: 71.5 for women and 68.3 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 4,649 people died; 55.6% of them were 65 or older and 9.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

69.8

Women

71.5

Men

68.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

35.4

Deaths

4,649

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

177

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

135

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	26.98	32.96	71.5	68.3
1-4	1.53	1.64	72.5	69.6
5-9	0.55	0.72	68.9	66.0
10-14	0.44	0.59	64.1	61.2
15-19	0.73	1.09	59.2	56.4
20-24	1.02	1.52	54.4	51.7
25-29	1.24	1.53	49.7	47.1
30-34	1.51	1.73	45.0	42.4
35-39	1.98	2.23	40.3	37.8
40-44	2.76	3.29	35.7	33.2
45-49	4.14	5.28	31.1	28.7
50-54	6.20	8.48	26.7	24.4
55-59	9.42	13.79	22.5	20.3
60-64	15.02	21.79	18.4	16.6
65-69	25.24	34.52	14.7	13.2
70-74	43.32	55.29	11.3	10.2
75-79	73.80	88.63	8.4	7.6
80-84	125.66	142.49	6.1	5.6
85-89	199.61	224.98	4.3	4.0
90-94	301.42	334.17	3.1	2.8
95-99	424.66	463.59	2.3	2.1
100+	564.56	604.71	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Bhutan by year

Mortality in Bhutan, 2012

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