Life expectancy at birth in Georgia was 65.5 years in 1972: 69.6 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 8.7 years. 49,876 people died; 53.3% of them were 65 or older and 14.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

65.5

Women

69.6

Men

61.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.5

Deaths

49,876

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.2

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

281

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

125

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	59.67	74.62	69.7	61.0
1-4	3.09	3.58	72.9	64.6
5-9	0.50	0.69	69.7	61.5
10-14	0.36	0.67	64.9	56.7
15-19	0.49	1.23	60.0	51.9
20-24	0.78	2.01	55.2	47.2
25-29	0.91	2.79	50.4	42.6
30-34	1.26	3.73	45.6	38.2
35-39	1.71	4.71	40.9	33.9
40-44	2.55	6.94	36.2	29.6
45-49	4.02	9.27	31.6	25.6
50-54	5.85	13.97	27.2	21.7
55-59	9.19	21.08	22.9	18.0
60-64	15.56	31.52	18.9	14.8
65-69	24.19	44.30	15.2	11.8
70-74	42.14	68.93	11.8	9.2
75-79	70.49	101.11	9.0	6.9
80-84	108.84	171.00	6.8	4.9
85-89	167.55	254.90	5.0	3.6
90-94	249.45	360.73	3.7	2.7
95-99	352.92	483.34	2.7	2.0
100+	480.45	611.77	2.1	1.6

Mortality in Georgia by year

Mortality in Georgia, 1972

Year

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