Life expectancy at birth in Pakistan was 38.6 years in 1954: 36.9 for women and 40.0 for men, a gap of -3.1 years. 938,233 people died; 7.2% of them were 65 or older and 60.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

38.6

Women

36.9

Men

40.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

208.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

319.4

Deaths

938,233

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.0

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

415

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

499

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	230.20	253.61	36.9	40.0
1-4	39.29	38.09	45.1	50.0
5-9	7.57	4.37	48.3	53.8
10-14	5.94	2.96	45.1	50.0
15-19	7.85	4.38	41.4	45.7
20-24	9.90	6.28	37.9	41.6
25-29	11.11	6.87	34.7	37.9
30-34	12.60	7.86	31.6	34.1
35-39	13.92	9.44	28.5	30.4
40-44	15.16	11.74	25.3	26.7
45-49	16.76	14.62	22.1	23.2
50-54	21.97	19.62	18.9	19.7
55-59	28.61	26.38	15.8	16.5
60-64	42.53	37.98	12.8	13.5
65-69	59.14	54.32	10.2	10.8
70-74	89.00	80.33	7.9	8.4
75-79	132.53	121.75	6.0	6.3
80-84	195.79	181.01	4.5	4.7
85-89	275.04	266.42	3.4	3.4
90-94	388.56	391.86	2.5	2.5
95-99	504.63	523.66	2.0	1.9
100+	625.94	658.81	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Pakistan by year

Mortality in Pakistan, 1954

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