Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 48.5 years in 1954: 50.4 for women and 46.7 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 13,544,559 people died; 24.2% of them were 65 or older and 36.4% 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

48.5

Women

50.4

Men

46.7

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

111.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

175.8

Deaths

13,544,559

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.7

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

439

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

341

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	114.45	128.13	50.4	46.7
1-4	18.90	18.67	55.4	51.9
5-9	6.86	6.49	55.5	51.8
10-14	3.67	4.33	52.4	48.4
15-19	3.52	4.21	48.3	44.5
20-24	4.61	5.28	44.1	40.3
25-29	5.07	5.89	40.1	36.4
30-34	5.67	6.64	36.1	32.4
35-39	6.86	8.07	32.0	28.4
40-44	9.08	11.81	28.1	24.4
45-49	11.52	16.23	24.3	20.8
50-54	16.04	24.31	20.5	17.3
55-59	20.84	32.99	17.0	14.2
60-64	35.11	53.70	13.6	11.3
65-69	54.63	76.74	10.8	9.0
70-74	81.59	108.77	8.4	7.1
75-79	119.14	147.53	6.4	5.6
80-84	186.08	212.75	4.6	4.2
85-89	268.14	297.70	3.4	3.1
90-94	379.79	420.21	2.5	2.3
95-99	514.32	593.23	1.9	1.7
100+	654.45	807.49	1.5	1.2

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1954

Year

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