Life expectancy at birth in Pakistan was 56.1 years in 1978: 56.6 for women and 55.7 for men, a gap of 0.8 years. 962,674 people died; 16.7% of them were 65 or older and 56.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

56.1

Women

56.6

Men

55.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

169.5

Deaths

962,674

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

251

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

238

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	133.93	143.19	56.6	55.7
1-4	13.19	12.05	63.5	63.1
5-9	1.86	1.66	62.8	62.1
10-14	1.56	1.17	58.4	57.6
15-19	2.22	1.94	53.8	52.9
20-24	2.95	2.77	49.4	48.4
25-29	3.40	2.88	45.1	44.0
30-34	3.93	3.24	40.8	39.6
35-39	4.62	4.07	36.6	35.3
40-44	5.60	5.53	32.4	30.9
45-49	7.20	7.91	28.2	26.7
50-54	10.06	11.74	24.2	22.7
55-59	14.26	17.73	20.3	18.9
60-64	21.92	26.97	16.6	15.4
65-69	34.08	41.06	13.2	12.3
70-74	55.34	63.73	10.2	9.5
75-79	89.46	99.87	7.6	7.1
80-84	143.72	155.66	5.6	5.2
85-89	218.30	239.21	4.0	3.7
90-94	332.40	366.73	2.9	2.6
95-99	458.95	505.80	2.1	2.0
100+	603.36	654.15	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Pakistan by year

Mortality in Pakistan, 1978

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