Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Central Asia

1954

Life expectancy: 54.4

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Central Asia was 54.4 years in 1954: 57.8 for women and 51.0 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 310,416 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 37.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

57.8

Men

51.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

158.5

Deaths

310,416

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.8

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

368

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

237

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	109.80	133.29	57.8	51.0
1-4	12.59	14.39	63.4	57.0
5-9	1.66	3.14	62.6	56.3
10-14	1.40	2.16	58.1	52.2
15-19	2.08	3.48	53.5	47.7
20-24	2.77	4.82	49.0	43.5
25-29	3.16	5.44	44.6	39.5
30-34	3.72	6.20	40.3	35.5
35-39	4.41	7.70	36.0	31.5
40-44	5.44	9.88	31.8	27.7
45-49	7.13	12.67	27.6	23.9
50-54	10.12	17.18	23.5	20.3
55-59	15.22	24.24	19.6	16.9
60-64	23.73	35.43	15.9	13.8
65-69	36.95	51.70	12.6	11.0
70-74	61.91	78.97	9.6	8.5
75-79	99.86	119.42	7.2	6.4
80-84	154.20	178.72	5.3	4.8
85-89	230.92	260.54	3.9	3.5
90-94	328.12	360.60	2.9	2.7
95-99	446.70	485.31	2.2	2.0
100+	570.87	620.93	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Central Asia by year

Mortality in Central Asia, 1954

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