Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 50.7 years in 1958: 52.8 for women and 48.7 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 13,033,075 people died; 25.0% of them were 65 or older and 34.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

50.7

Women

52.8

Men

48.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

101.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

155.6

Deaths

13,033,075

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.5

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

418

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

314

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	102.99	115.17	52.8	48.7
1-4	15.76	15.50	57.4	53.5
5-9	6.06	6.04	57.0	52.8
10-14	3.16	3.91	53.7	49.3
15-19	2.95	3.75	49.5	45.2
20-24	3.99	4.82	45.2	41.0
25-29	4.44	5.40	41.1	37.0
30-34	5.00	5.96	37.0	32.9
35-39	6.01	7.28	32.8	28.8
40-44	8.17	10.88	28.8	24.8
45-49	10.51	15.07	24.9	21.0
50-54	15.08	23.35	21.1	17.5
55-59	19.25	31.53	17.5	14.3
60-64	32.25	51.96	14.0	11.4
65-69	50.98	75.85	11.0	9.0
70-74	78.44	109.00	8.5	7.0
75-79	116.83	152.34	6.4	5.4
80-84	182.23	219.48	4.7	4.1
85-89	270.75	312.14	3.4	3.0
90-94	391.34	443.50	2.5	2.2
95-99	540.96	640.47	1.8	1.6
100+	685.54	857.34	1.5	1.2

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1958

Year

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