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

Mortality in India, 1965

India
1965
Life expectancy: 45.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 45.6 years in 1965: 45.0 for women and 46.1 for men, a gap of -1.1 years. 9,488,511 people died; 14.7% of them were 65 or older and 51.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
45.6
Women
45.0
Men
46.1
Life expectancy at 65
11.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
153.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
240.8
Deaths
9,488,511
Deaths per 1,000 people
19.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
388
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
383
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965'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
0169.62173.8845.046.1
1-430.2725.3752.053.5
5-95.584.7354.455.0
10-143.772.7250.951.2
15-195.224.0046.846.9
20-246.265.2643.042.8
25-297.275.9939.238.9
30-348.096.6735.635.0
35-399.258.3132.031.1
40-4410.1910.4028.427.3
45-4912.1713.5724.723.6
50-5415.9918.3821.120.1
55-5921.9825.4517.616.8
60-6432.2636.7014.413.7
65-6947.7053.2311.511.0
70-7472.5778.448.98.6
75-79111.84117.896.76.5
80-84169.88174.435.04.9
85-89249.05254.083.73.6
90-94352.24361.482.72.7
95-99473.13485.962.12.0
100+603.06619.201.71.6