Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 70.7 years in 1993: 73.4 for women and 68.1 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 9,050,396 people died; 52.1% of them were 65 or older and 12.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

73.4

Men

68.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

45.8

Deaths

9,050,396

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

168

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

101

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	33.49	38.13	73.4	68.1
1-4	2.86	2.84	74.9	69.7
5-9	1.12	1.23	71.7	66.5
10-14	0.63	0.98	67.1	61.9
15-19	0.61	1.03	62.3	57.1
20-24	0.86	1.44	57.5	52.4
25-29	1.03	1.73	52.7	47.8
30-34	1.19	1.94	48.0	43.2
35-39	1.49	2.40	43.2	38.6
40-44	2.06	3.53	38.5	34.0
45-49	2.88	4.89	33.9	29.6
50-54	4.48	7.95	29.4	25.2
55-59	6.62	11.82	25.0	21.1
60-64	11.85	20.40	20.7	17.3
65-69	19.39	31.29	16.8	13.9
70-74	31.68	49.98	13.3	10.8
75-79	52.78	79.60	10.1	8.1
80-84	91.22	131.02	7.4	5.9
85-89	149.69	208.06	5.3	4.2
90-94	241.67	312.75	3.7	3.0
95-99	362.30	428.24	2.7	2.3
100+	488.14	501.68	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1993

Year

Country