Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 66.2 years in 1981: 68.7 for women and 63.8 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 8,726,189 people died; 41.9% of them were 65 or older and 16.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

66.2

Women

68.7

Men

63.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.4

Deaths

8,726,189

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

222

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

151

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	41.31	46.40	68.7	63.8
1-4	3.71	3.64	70.5	65.8
5-9	1.77	1.93	67.5	62.7
10-14	1.18	1.78	63.1	58.3
15-19	1.11	1.70	58.5	53.8
20-24	1.39	2.09	53.8	49.2
25-29	1.55	2.38	49.1	44.7
30-34	1.80	2.60	44.5	40.2
35-39	2.30	3.16	39.9	35.7
40-44	3.33	4.89	35.3	31.2
45-49	4.63	6.97	30.9	26.9
50-54	6.98	10.83	26.5	22.8
55-59	9.56	15.47	22.4	18.9
60-64	16.84	27.21	18.3	15.2
65-69	27.54	42.58	14.7	12.1
70-74	44.05	66.59	11.5	9.3
75-79	69.82	101.66	8.7	7.1
80-84	115.50	158.02	6.4	5.2
85-89	189.90	243.79	4.5	3.7
90-94	297.07	352.55	3.2	2.7
95-99	421.75	460.83	2.3	2.1
100+	554.32	563.41	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1981

Year

Country