Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 75.8 years in 2007: 78.7 for women and 73.1 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 10,233,647 people died; 66.7% of them were 65 or older and 3.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

75.8

Women

78.7

Men

73.1

Life expectancy at 65

17.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

19.1

Deaths

10,233,647

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

130

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	14.04	16.58	78.7	73.1
1-4	0.98	1.00	78.8	73.3
5-9	0.62	0.69	75.1	69.6
10-14	0.49	0.73	70.3	64.8
15-19	0.44	0.72	65.5	60.0
20-24	0.54	0.89	60.6	55.2
25-29	0.61	1.06	55.8	50.5
30-34	0.76	1.35	50.9	45.7
35-39	1.04	1.82	46.1	41.0
40-44	1.54	2.81	41.3	36.4
45-49	2.05	3.93	36.6	31.8
50-54	3.13	6.29	32.0	27.4
55-59	4.43	9.01	27.4	23.2
60-64	8.14	15.53	23.0	19.2
65-69	14.00	24.84	18.8	15.5
70-74	24.13	39.72	15.0	12.2
75-79	40.18	62.00	11.6	9.3
80-84	70.11	102.87	8.6	6.8
85-89	118.03	171.01	6.2	4.8
90-94	200.22	276.43	4.3	3.4
95-99	301.66	387.54	3.1	2.5
100+	430.39	466.72	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 2007

Year

Country