Nepal Mortality 1990: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 54.8 years in 1990: 55.3 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 249,218 people died; 21.3% of them were 65 or older and 40.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1990

Life expectancy at birth

54.8

Women

55.3

Men

54.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

138.5

Deaths

249,218

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

338

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

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1990's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1990

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	98.56	106.66	55.3	54.2
1-4	12.95	11.29	60.0	59.1
5-9	3.08	2.77	59.0	57.8
10-14	2.40	2.05	54.9	53.6
15-19	3.45	3.13	50.6	49.1
20-24	4.50	4.47	46.4	44.8
25-29	5.12	4.80	42.4	40.8
30-34	5.84	5.46	38.4	36.7
35-39	6.65	6.66	34.5	32.6
40-44	7.67	8.57	30.6	28.7
45-49	9.27	11.25	26.7	24.8
50-54	12.63	15.72	22.8	21.1
55-59	17.35	22.16	19.1	17.6
60-64	26.29	32.63	15.6	14.4
65-69	39.42	47.91	12.4	11.5
70-74	62.45	72.29	9.6	8.9
75-79	98.43	111.09	7.2	6.7
80-84	154.11	168.55	5.3	5.0
85-89	229.02	252.83	3.9	3.6
90-94	341.78	378.96	2.8	2.5
95-99	465.20	514.97	2.1	1.9
100+	608.31	655.78	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 1990

Year

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