Life expectancy at birth in Nepal was 65.9 years in 2006: 67.9 for women and 64.0 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 187,103 people died; 39.1% of them were 65 or older and 20.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2006

Life expectancy at birth

65.9

Women

67.9

Men

64.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

57.8

Deaths

187,103

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

234

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

169

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2006

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	43.32	49.88	67.9	64.0
1-4	3.51	3.26	69.8	66.2
5-9	0.88	1.28	66.8	63.0
10-14	0.72	1.01	62.1	58.4
15-19	1.13	1.73	57.3	53.7
20-24	1.57	2.51	52.6	49.1
25-29	1.85	2.57	48.0	44.7
30-34	2.20	2.86	43.4	40.3
35-39	2.76	3.61	38.9	35.8
40-44	3.65	4.96	34.4	31.4
45-49	5.17	7.26	30.0	27.1
50-54	7.53	10.95	25.7	23.1
55-59	11.15	16.82	21.6	19.2
60-64	17.51	25.79	17.7	15.7
65-69	28.61	39.60	14.0	12.5
70-74	48.08	61.89	10.8	9.6
75-79	80.29	97.43	8.0	7.2
80-84	133.71	152.93	5.8	5.3
85-89	208.69	236.51	4.2	3.8
90-94	327.38	364.77	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.54	505.72	2.1	2.0
100+	612.56	659.89	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 2006

Year

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