Mortality in India, 2001

India
2001
Life expectancy: 63.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 63.2 years in 2001: 64.3 for women and 62.1 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 9,143,233 people died; 33.6% of them were 65 or older and 28.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
63.2
Women
64.3
Men
62.1
Life expectancy at 65
13.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
66.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
87.7
Deaths
9,143,233
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
246
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
183
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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
071.4868.6464.362.1
1-46.525.0668.065.4
5-92.201.8565.762.7
10-141.121.0261.458.3
15-191.951.5556.753.6
20-242.502.1152.349.0
25-292.492.6147.944.5
30-342.563.2643.540.0
35-392.804.1639.035.6
40-443.375.3334.531.3
45-495.018.0530.127.1
50-547.6111.8925.723.1
55-5912.0817.3821.619.4
60-6419.9627.4717.815.9
65-6931.3741.7114.412.9
70-7449.0860.1011.410.3
75-7972.1388.388.98.0
80-84111.42131.126.86.1
85-89167.22188.125.04.6
90-94241.70264.823.83.5
95-99338.63358.002.82.7
100+458.32471.432.22.1