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

Malaysia

1964

Life expectancy: 60.4

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

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-5 -1 1964 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 60.4 years in 1964: 61.6 for women and 59.4 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 79,073 people died; 27.3% of them were 65 or older and 32.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

60.4

Women

61.6

Men

59.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

56.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

73.6

Deaths

79,073

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

300

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	53.19	64.03	61.7	59.4
1-4	4.47	4.87	64.0	62.3
5-9	2.01	2.01	61.1	59.4
10-14	1.14	1.32	56.7	55.0
15-19	1.56	1.64	52.0	50.4
20-24	2.40	2.30	47.4	45.8
25-29	2.89	2.48	42.9	41.3
30-34	3.85	3.11	38.5	36.7
35-39	4.65	4.14	34.2	32.3
40-44	5.91	6.50	29.9	27.9
45-49	7.79	9.85	25.8	23.7
50-54	11.85	16.20	21.7	19.8
55-59	18.20	24.85	17.8	16.3
60-64	29.71	38.29	14.3	13.1
65-69	49.39	59.68	11.2	10.3
70-74	78.10	89.83	8.6	8.0
75-79	111.98	122.08	6.6	6.2
80-84	179.42	193.89	4.7	4.5
85-89	264.77	282.67	3.5	3.3
90-94	378.41	397.02	2.6	2.4
95-99	511.26	529.43	1.9	1.9
100+	644.45	659.37	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Malaysia by year

Mortality in Malaysia, 1964

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