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

Malaysia

1953

Life expectancy: 51.1

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

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-5 -1 1953 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 51.1 years in 1953: 51.9 for women and 50.5 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 112,034 people died; 29.5% of them were 65 or older and 36.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

51.1

Women

51.9

Men

50.5

Life expectancy at 65

9.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

143.1

Deaths

112,034

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.0

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

407

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

370

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	100.40	114.49	51.9	50.5
1-4	12.17	12.43	56.2	55.5
5-9	3.96	3.97	54.9	54.2
10-14	1.95	2.11	51.0	50.3
15-19	3.23	2.76	46.5	45.8
20-24	4.69	4.03	42.2	41.4
25-29	6.16	4.68	38.1	37.2
30-34	7.40	5.80	34.2	33.0
35-39	8.76	7.75	30.4	28.9
40-44	8.99	9.80	26.7	24.9
45-49	12.45	15.73	22.8	21.0
50-54	16.72	22.16	19.1	17.5
55-59	23.94	31.41	15.5	14.3
60-64	39.83	49.03	12.2	11.3
65-69	66.84	77.09	9.3	8.7
70-74	105.59	115.84	7.0	6.7
75-79	151.07	157.03	5.3	5.2
80-84	240.78	247.98	3.7	3.7
85-89	355.07	361.45	2.7	2.7
90-94	505.45	505.41	2.0	2.0
95-99	667.60	661.58	1.5	1.5
100+	797.58	788.33	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Malaysia by year

Mortality in Malaysia, 1953

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