Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 50.9 years in 1985: 50.9 for women and 50.8 for men, a gap of 0.1 years. 265,803 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 44.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

50.9

Women

50.9

Men

50.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

117.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

173.7

Deaths

265,803

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.2

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

368

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

349

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	122.77	132.93	51.0	50.8
1-4	17.92	15.10	56.4	56.9
5-9	4.06	3.30	56.5	56.3
10-14	3.17	2.40	52.6	52.2
15-19	4.41	3.60	48.4	47.8
20-24	5.67	5.15	44.4	43.6
25-29	6.39	5.58	40.6	39.7
30-34	7.25	6.37	36.9	35.7
35-39	8.14	7.71	33.1	31.8
40-44	9.18	9.76	29.4	27.9
45-49	10.75	12.51	25.7	24.2
50-54	14.45	17.15	21.9	20.6
55-59	19.52	23.65	18.4	17.2
60-64	29.36	34.47	15.0	14.1
65-69	43.08	50.00	12.0	11.2
70-74	67.26	74.78	9.3	8.7
75-79	104.46	114.21	7.0	6.6
80-84	161.03	171.71	5.2	4.9
85-89	236.03	255.32	3.8	3.6
90-94	347.68	379.41	2.8	2.5
95-99	468.06	510.55	2.1	1.9
100+	603.03	648.17	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 1985

Year

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