Life expectancy at birth in Pakistan was 56.6 years in 1979: 57.4 for women and 56.1 for men, a gap of 1.3 years. 975,667 people died; 17.1% of them were 65 or older and 57.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

56.6

Women

57.4

Men

56.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

125.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

167.2

Deaths

975,667

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.4

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

247

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

224

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	132.11	141.58	57.4	56.1
1-4	12.87	11.83	64.3	63.3
5-9	1.64	1.60	63.6	62.3
10-14	1.39	1.13	59.1	57.8
15-19	1.99	1.89	54.5	53.1
20-24	2.66	2.69	50.0	48.6
25-29	3.07	2.78	45.7	44.2
30-34	3.57	3.13	41.3	39.8
35-39	4.24	3.95	37.0	35.4
40-44	5.20	5.39	32.8	31.0
45-49	6.79	7.75	28.6	26.8
50-54	9.55	11.55	24.4	22.8
55-59	13.64	17.52	20.5	19.0
60-64	21.04	26.71	16.8	15.5
65-69	32.99	40.74	13.4	12.3
70-74	53.90	63.35	10.3	9.5
75-79	87.64	99.39	7.7	7.2
80-84	141.66	155.17	5.6	5.2
85-89	216.26	238.80	4.1	3.7
90-94	330.84	366.59	2.9	2.6
95-99	458.38	506.19	2.1	2.0
100+	604.16	655.09	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Pakistan by year

Mortality in Pakistan, 1979

Year

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