Life expectancy at birth in Nepal is projected at 73.8 years in 2038: 75.5 for women and 71.9 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 228,670 people are projected to die; 66.1% of them would be 65 or older and 2.9% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2038

Life expectancy at birth

73.8

Women

75.5

Men

71.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.0

Deaths

228,670

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

146

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

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2038's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2038

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	9.49	13.89	75.5	71.9
1-4	0.55	0.66	75.2	71.9
5-9	0.30	0.44	71.4	68.1
10-14	0.25	0.40	66.5	63.2
15-19	0.45	0.76	61.6	58.4
20-24	0.66	1.10	56.7	53.6
25-29	0.83	1.14	51.9	48.9
30-34	1.05	1.32	47.1	44.1
35-39	1.42	1.74	42.3	39.4
40-44	2.04	2.62	37.6	34.7
45-49	3.12	4.29	33.0	30.1
50-54	4.77	6.98	28.5	25.7
55-59	7.35	11.49	24.1	21.5
60-64	11.87	18.34	19.9	17.7
65-69	20.24	29.40	15.9	14.1
70-74	35.35	47.69	12.4	10.9
75-79	61.57	77.73	9.2	8.2
80-84	107.71	127.37	6.7	6.0
85-89	175.72	205.48	4.8	4.2
90-94	273.58	327.87	3.3	2.9
95-99	421.05	470.13	2.3	2.1
100+	559.82	611.40	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Nepal by year

Mortality in Nepal, 2038

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