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

Mortality in India, 2031

India
2031
Life expectancy: 73.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in India is projected at 73.8 years in 2031: 75.6 for women and 72.2 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 10,787,748 people are projected to die; 60.7% of them would be 65 or older and 4.5% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Life expectancy at birth
73.8
Women
75.6
Men
72.2
Life expectancy at 65
16.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
17.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
21.6
Deaths
10,787,748
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
159
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
106
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2031'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
016.6518.3375.672.2
1-41.151.0575.972.5
5-90.380.4572.268.8
10-140.320.3467.464.0
15-190.540.6362.559.1
20-240.700.9457.654.2
25-290.841.2252.849.5
30-340.971.6548.144.8
35-391.312.3943.340.1
40-441.903.4038.535.6
45-492.904.9233.931.1
50-544.987.4029.326.9
55-598.3412.0925.022.8
60-6412.6217.7421.019.0
65-6920.5027.3117.215.5
70-7432.5542.2913.712.4
75-7951.7463.2410.79.8
80-8482.5296.128.17.5
85-89128.41142.276.15.7
90-94196.72208.694.44.3
95-99288.80293.983.33.2
100+392.22417.002.62.4