Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 71.8 years in 1996: 74.6 for women and 69.1 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 9,104,475 people died; 55.0% of them were 65 or older and 10.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1996

Life expectancy at birth

71.8

Women

74.6

Men

69.1

Life expectancy at 65

16.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.3

Deaths

9,104,475

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

158

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1996

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	30.65	35.02	74.6	69.1
1-4	2.66	2.63	75.9	70.5
5-9	1.06	1.19	72.7	67.2
10-14	0.59	0.93	68.1	62.6
15-19	0.54	0.92	63.3	57.9
20-24	0.75	1.27	58.4	53.1
25-29	0.91	1.60	53.7	48.5
30-34	1.11	1.86	48.9	43.8
35-39	1.35	2.26	44.1	39.2
40-44	1.87	3.36	39.4	34.6
45-49	2.59	4.66	34.8	30.2
50-54	4.06	7.39	30.2	25.8
55-59	5.94	11.04	25.8	21.7
60-64	10.82	19.27	21.5	17.8
65-69	17.79	29.57	17.5	14.3
70-74	28.90	46.35	13.9	11.2
75-79	47.87	74.05	10.6	8.4
80-84	83.64	123.16	7.8	6.1
85-89	137.80	196.63	5.6	4.4
90-94	225.15	302.33	4.0	3.1
95-99	331.33	399.71	2.9	2.5
100+	455.79	475.42	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1996

Year

Country