Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Southern Asia

1965

Life expectancy: 45.8

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 45.8 years in 1965: 45.2 for women and 46.4 for men, a gap of -1.2 years. 12,715,528 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 52.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

45.8

Women

45.2

Men

46.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

154.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

239.6

Deaths

12,715,528

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.3

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

377

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

381

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	169.98	176.93	45.2	46.4
1-4	28.94	24.89	52.2	54.0
5-9	5.79	4.69	54.4	55.4
10-14	3.80	2.70	50.9	51.7
15-19	5.20	3.87	46.8	47.3
20-24	6.22	5.05	43.0	43.2
25-29	7.15	5.73	39.3	39.2
30-34	8.04	6.40	35.6	35.3
35-39	9.13	7.92	32.0	31.4
40-44	10.09	9.98	28.3	27.5
45-49	12.09	13.08	24.7	23.8
50-54	15.89	17.75	21.0	20.3
55-59	21.89	24.73	17.6	16.9
60-64	32.58	36.08	14.3	13.8
65-69	47.94	52.39	11.4	11.0
70-74	73.05	77.38	8.8	8.6
75-79	113.47	117.71	6.6	6.5
80-84	173.54	175.62	4.9	4.8
85-89	252.82	256.87	3.6	3.6
90-94	352.99	365.46	2.7	2.6
95-99	467.11	485.96	2.1	2.0
100+	598.80	626.14	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1965

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