Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 65.3 years in 2005: 67.3 for women and 63.3 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 190,673 people died; 37.4% of them were 65 or older and 21.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

65.3

Women

67.3

Men

63.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.6

Deaths

190,673

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

245

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	45.12	51.75	67.3	63.3
1-4	3.84	3.55	69.4	65.6
5-9	0.95	1.34	66.4	62.5
10-14	0.77	1.06	61.7	57.9
15-19	1.23	1.88	57.0	53.2
20-24	1.69	2.82	52.3	48.7
25-29	1.99	2.90	47.7	44.3
30-34	2.36	3.17	43.2	40.0
35-39	2.93	3.91	38.6	35.6
40-44	3.84	5.27	34.2	31.2
45-49	5.37	7.58	29.8	27.0
50-54	7.77	11.29	25.5	22.9
55-59	11.45	17.20	21.4	19.1
60-64	17.93	26.23	17.5	15.6
65-69	29.14	40.13	13.9	12.4
70-74	48.79	62.53	10.7	9.6
75-79	81.21	98.21	8.0	7.2
80-84	134.73	153.89	5.8	5.3
85-89	209.63	237.64	4.1	3.8
90-94	327.92	366.12	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.36	508.27	2.1	1.9
100+	611.43	668.36	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 2005

Year

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