Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 54.2 years in 1964: 56.5 for women and 52.0 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 12,129,739 people died; 25.1% 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, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

54.2

Women

56.5

Men

52.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

129.3

Deaths

12,129,739

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

374

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	88.70	98.85	56.5	52.0
1-4	11.75	11.50	60.6	56.3
5-9	4.66	4.76	59.4	54.9
10-14	2.50	3.43	55.8	51.1
15-19	2.33	3.11	51.4	47.0
20-24	3.03	3.90	47.0	42.7
25-29	3.57	4.55	42.7	38.5
30-34	4.14	5.09	38.4	34.3
35-39	5.03	6.06	34.2	30.1
40-44	6.79	9.07	30.0	25.9
45-49	8.99	12.86	25.9	22.0
50-54	13.17	20.20	22.0	18.3
55-59	17.52	28.53	18.3	15.0
60-64	28.62	46.79	14.7	11.9
65-69	44.87	69.20	11.6	9.4
70-74	70.86	102.68	8.9	7.2
75-79	110.04	147.15	6.7	5.5
80-84	175.47	218.91	4.8	4.1
85-89	260.35	308.65	3.5	3.0
90-94	383.84	442.42	2.5	2.2
95-99	525.33	591.27	1.9	1.7
100+	661.07	671.41	1.5	1.5

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1964

Year

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