Life expectancy at birth in Pakistan was 59.1 years in 1985: 60.1 for women and 58.2 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 1,114,315 people died; 18.9% of them were 65 or older and 58.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

59.1

Women

60.1

Men

58.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

116.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

153.0

Deaths

1,114,315

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

217

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

189

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	120.84	131.25	60.2	58.2
1-4	11.02	10.34	66.7	65.2
5-9	1.11	1.22	65.6	63.9
10-14	0.97	0.86	61.0	59.2
15-19	1.43	1.52	56.3	54.5
20-24	1.94	2.16	51.6	49.9
25-29	2.27	2.19	47.1	45.4
30-34	2.68	2.45	42.6	40.9
35-39	3.27	3.15	38.2	36.3
40-44	4.19	4.43	33.8	31.9
45-49	5.75	6.66	29.4	27.5
50-54	8.27	10.25	25.2	23.4
55-59	12.07	16.00	21.2	19.5
60-64	18.83	24.74	17.3	15.9
65-69	30.30	38.32	13.8	12.6
70-74	50.37	60.27	10.6	9.8
75-79	83.27	95.33	7.9	7.3
80-84	137.08	150.50	5.7	5.3
85-89	212.11	233.90	4.1	3.8
90-94	329.63	362.34	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.87	503.69	2.1	2.0
100+	611.06	655.18	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Pakistan by year

Mortality in Pakistan, 1985

Year

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