Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 47.4 years in 1953: 49.3 for women and 45.6 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 13,897,214 people died; 24.2% of them were 65 or older and 35.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

47.4

Women

49.3

Men

45.6

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

114.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

180.6

Deaths

13,897,214

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.6

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

458

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

352

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	116.91	131.03	49.4	45.6
1-4	19.70	19.52	54.3	50.8
5-9	8.40	7.51	54.6	50.8
10-14	3.90	4.60	51.8	47.6
15-19	3.73	4.62	47.8	43.7
20-24	4.84	5.85	43.7	39.6
25-29	5.31	6.46	39.7	35.7
30-34	5.94	7.27	35.7	31.8
35-39	7.18	8.69	31.7	27.9
40-44	9.47	12.52	27.7	24.0
45-49	11.93	17.03	23.9	20.4
50-54	16.51	25.19	20.3	17.0
55-59	21.70	34.34	16.8	14.0
60-64	36.32	55.27	13.4	11.1
65-69	56.33	79.02	10.6	8.9
70-74	83.68	111.12	8.2	7.0
75-79	122.92	151.56	6.2	5.5
80-84	190.20	217.30	4.6	4.1
85-89	273.12	303.73	3.4	3.1
90-94	378.04	421.74	2.6	2.3
95-99	507.31	590.45	1.9	1.7
100+	644.87	805.61	1.6	1.2

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1953

Year

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