Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in India, 1957

India
1957
Life expectancy: 44.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 44.4 years in 1957: 43.7 for women and 45.1 for men, a gap of -1.4 years. 8,323,749 people died; 13.1% of them were 65 or older and 53.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
44.4
Women
43.7
Men
45.1
Life expectancy at 65
11.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
158.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
254.1
Deaths
8,323,749
Deaths per 1,000 people
20.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
402
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
399
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0176.48180.9343.745.1
1-433.8227.7250.852.7
5-94.984.0453.854.6
10-143.972.6350.150.6
15-195.664.3446.146.3
20-246.815.8542.342.2
25-297.946.6838.738.4
30-348.777.3835.234.6
35-3910.029.0731.630.8
40-4410.9011.0728.127.1
45-4912.7314.0624.523.6
50-5416.4618.6521.020.1
55-5922.3925.5017.616.8
60-6432.7036.3714.413.7
65-6947.9052.7111.511.0
70-7472.4777.768.98.5
75-79112.36118.736.76.4
80-84168.93177.335.04.8
85-89248.32263.323.73.5
90-94357.90383.402.72.5
95-99486.47517.252.01.9
100+620.31653.511.61.5