Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 61.5 years in 1998: 63.0 for women and 60.1 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 211,867 people died; 28.6% of them were 65 or older and 32.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

63.0

Men

60.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

64.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

89.0

Deaths

211,867

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

274

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

218

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	64.76	71.81	63.1	60.1
1-4	6.87	6.22	66.2	63.4
5-9	1.58	1.82	64.0	61.0
10-14	1.26	1.39	59.5	56.5
15-19	1.90	2.24	54.8	51.9
20-24	2.54	3.22	50.3	47.5
25-29	2.94	3.37	45.9	43.2
30-34	3.42	3.79	41.6	38.9
35-39	4.07	4.70	37.3	34.6
40-44	5.02	6.27	33.0	30.3
45-49	6.60	8.73	28.7	26.2
50-54	9.31	12.71	24.6	22.3
55-59	13.32	18.82	20.7	18.6
60-64	20.58	28.37	16.9	15.1
65-69	32.39	42.75	13.5	12.1
70-74	53.03	65.85	10.4	9.3
75-79	86.40	102.63	7.8	7.0
80-84	139.98	158.84	5.7	5.2
85-89	214.28	242.62	4.1	3.7
90-94	328.24	370.11	2.9	2.6
95-99	456.48	511.38	2.1	1.9
100+	603.61	656.86	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 1998

Year

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