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

Malaysia

1952

Life expectancy: 50.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1 1952 +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 50.1 years in 1952: 51.0 for women and 49.4 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 116,280 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 35.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

50.1

Women

51.0

Men

49.4

Life expectancy at 65

8.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

104.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

151.4

Deaths

116,280

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.1

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

423

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

378

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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	105.86	119.98	51.0	49.4
1-4	13.35	13.51	55.6	54.6
5-9	4.21	4.22	54.5	53.5
10-14	2.03	2.21	50.6	49.6
15-19	3.31	2.98	46.1	45.1
20-24	4.79	4.54	41.9	40.7
25-29	6.30	5.22	37.8	36.6
30-34	7.63	6.35	33.9	32.5
35-39	9.07	8.33	30.2	28.5
40-44	9.27	10.36	26.4	24.6
45-49	12.86	16.47	22.6	20.7
50-54	17.15	22.95	18.9	17.3
55-59	24.48	32.33	15.4	14.1
60-64	40.71	50.34	12.0	11.1
65-69	68.32	79.06	9.2	8.6
70-74	107.91	118.69	6.9	6.6
75-79	154.36	160.82	5.2	5.1
80-84	245.92	253.72	3.7	3.6
85-89	362.62	369.56	2.6	2.6
90-94	516.06	516.33	1.9	1.9
95-99	679.85	674.33	1.5	1.5
100+	808.28	799.94	1.2	1.3

Mortality in Malaysia by year

Mortality in Malaysia, 1952

Year

Country