Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 53.5 years in 1963: 55.8 for women and 51.4 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 12,205,550 people died; 25.0% of them were 65 or older and 34.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

53.5

Women

55.8

Men

51.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.2

Deaths

12,205,550

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.5

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

383

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

284

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	91.44	101.88	55.8	51.4
1-4	12.17	11.93	60.1	55.8
5-9	4.90	4.99	59.0	54.4
10-14	2.60	3.53	55.4	50.8
15-19	2.41	3.18	51.1	46.6
20-24	3.19	4.06	46.7	42.3
25-29	3.73	4.72	42.4	38.1
30-34	4.30	5.26	38.1	34.0
35-39	5.21	6.26	33.9	29.8
40-44	7.02	9.41	29.7	25.7
45-49	9.30	13.32	25.7	21.8
50-54	13.56	20.81	21.8	18.1
55-59	17.95	29.30	18.1	14.8
60-64	29.18	47.71	14.6	11.8
65-69	46.18	70.97	11.5	9.3
70-74	72.36	104.17	8.8	7.2
75-79	112.05	149.14	6.6	5.5
80-84	177.26	220.00	4.8	4.1
85-89	264.12	311.72	3.5	3.0
90-94	386.45	446.34	2.5	2.2
95-99	528.35	603.23	1.9	1.7
100+	661.68	708.62	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1963

Year

Country