Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 40.2 years in 1964: 40.2 for women and 40.2 for men, a gap of -0.0 years. 256,084 people died; 11.1% of them were 65 or older and 56.6% 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

40.2

Women

40.2

Men

40.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

203.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

305.3

Deaths

256,084

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.4

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

444

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

421

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	227.62	242.51	40.2	40.2
1-4	37.11	33.04	49.0	49.7
5-9	5.63	4.89	52.5	52.4
10-14	4.55	3.42	48.9	48.7
15-19	5.98	4.86	45.0	44.4
20-24	7.57	6.97	41.3	40.5
25-29	8.51	7.63	37.8	36.8
30-34	9.66	8.74	34.3	33.2
35-39	10.75	10.47	30.9	29.5
40-44	11.89	13.02	27.4	26.0
45-49	13.47	15.98	24.0	22.5
50-54	17.85	21.29	20.4	19.2
55-59	23.62	28.21	17.1	16.1
60-64	35.27	40.29	13.9	13.1
65-69	50.24	57.11	11.1	10.5
70-74	76.88	83.76	8.6	8.2
75-79	116.78	126.32	6.5	6.2
80-84	176.02	186.35	4.8	4.6
85-89	252.56	272.23	3.6	3.4
90-94	364.44	397.61	2.6	2.4
95-99	482.41	528.03	2.0	1.9
100+	610.57	661.07	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 1964

Year

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