Southern Asia Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Southern Asia

1955

Life expectancy: 42.8

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 42.8 years in 1955: 42.1 for women and 43.5 for men, a gap of -1.3 years. 11,351,795 people died; 12.8% of them were 65 or older and 54.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

42.8

Women

42.1

Men

43.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

170.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

273.4

Deaths

11,351,795

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.9

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

406

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

411

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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	188.95	198.60	42.1	43.5
1-4	36.37	31.23	49.5	51.6
5-9	5.71	4.47	52.9	54.1
10-14	4.28	2.85	49.4	50.3
15-19	5.97	4.43	45.4	46.0
20-24	7.18	5.93	41.7	42.0
25-29	8.23	6.73	38.1	38.2
30-34	9.19	7.48	34.6	34.4
35-39	10.35	9.10	31.1	30.6
40-44	11.23	11.16	27.6	26.9
45-49	13.13	14.23	24.1	23.3
50-54	17.11	18.97	20.5	19.8
55-59	23.31	26.06	17.1	16.5
60-64	34.71	37.66	13.9	13.5
65-69	50.24	54.20	11.1	10.8
70-74	76.46	80.21	8.6	8.3
75-79	119.26	123.47	6.4	6.3
80-84	178.71	185.10	4.8	4.6
85-89	255.10	270.63	3.6	3.4
90-94	359.95	390.07	2.7	2.5
95-99	485.13	521.45	2.0	1.9
100+	621.47	659.98	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1955

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