Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 55.4 years in 1966: 57.7 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 11,791,119 people died; 25.8% of them were 65 or older and 34.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

55.4

Women

57.7

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

121.6

Deaths

11,791,119

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.0

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

355

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

262

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	83.65	92.88	57.7	53.3
1-4	10.88	10.59	61.6	57.3
5-9	4.23	4.30	60.2	55.7
10-14	2.39	3.27	56.5	51.9
15-19	2.14	2.94	52.1	47.7
20-24	2.80	3.62	47.7	43.4
25-29	3.26	4.24	43.3	39.1
30-34	3.87	4.80	39.0	34.9
35-39	4.73	5.73	34.7	30.7
40-44	6.38	8.41	30.4	26.5
45-49	8.40	11.98	26.4	22.5
50-54	12.46	18.92	22.4	18.8
55-59	16.68	26.81	18.6	15.4
60-64	27.72	44.89	15.0	12.2
65-69	42.65	65.66	11.9	9.6
70-74	67.66	98.69	9.1	7.4
75-79	105.63	141.98	6.8	5.7
80-84	171.30	213.33	4.9	4.2
85-89	256.10	304.11	3.6	3.1
90-94	374.29	427.45	2.6	2.3
95-99	496.03	537.60	2.0	1.8
100+	559.63	627.04	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1966

Year

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