Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 39.3 years in 1962: 39.4 for women and 39.2 for men, a gap of 0.1 years. 254,286 people died; 10.6% of them were 65 or older and 57.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

39.3

Women

39.4

Men

39.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

210.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

316.5

Deaths

254,286

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.2

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

454

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

426

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	237.31	253.38	39.4	39.2
1-4	39.00	34.67	48.5	49.0
5-9	5.73	5.07	52.2	51.9
10-14	4.64	3.54	48.7	48.2
15-19	6.09	5.04	44.7	44.0
20-24	7.71	7.24	41.0	40.1
25-29	8.66	7.94	37.6	36.5
30-34	9.83	9.08	34.1	32.8
35-39	10.94	10.86	30.7	29.2
40-44	12.09	13.46	27.3	25.7
45-49	13.67	16.46	23.8	22.3
50-54	18.10	21.85	20.3	19.0
55-59	23.92	28.84	17.0	15.9
60-64	35.71	41.09	13.9	13.0
65-69	50.80	58.09	11.1	10.4
70-74	77.65	85.00	8.6	8.1
75-79	117.80	128.00	6.5	6.1
80-84	177.33	188.42	4.8	4.6
85-89	254.14	274.66	3.6	3.4
90-94	366.24	400.29	2.6	2.4
95-99	484.35	530.94	2.0	1.9
100+	612.18	663.22	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 1962

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