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

Southern Asia

1976

Life expectancy: 51.6

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

Year

-5 -1 1976 +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 51.6 years in 1976: 51.2 for women and 51.9 for men, a gap of -0.6 years. 12,859,750 people died; 17.7% of them were 65 or older and 49.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

51.6

Women

51.2

Men

51.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

129.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

190.4

Deaths

12,859,750

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.1

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

316

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

309

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	139.76	144.46	51.3	51.9
1-4	19.90	16.90	57.7	58.7
5-9	4.82	3.90	58.3	58.7
10-14	2.42	1.91	54.7	54.8
15-19	3.74	2.74	50.3	50.3
20-24	4.84	3.49	46.2	45.9
25-29	5.25	3.93	42.3	41.7
30-34	5.55	4.42	38.3	37.5
35-39	6.22	5.62	34.4	33.3
40-44	7.23	7.54	30.4	29.1
45-49	9.16	10.63	26.4	25.1
50-54	12.95	15.21	22.5	21.4
55-59	19.01	22.23	18.8	17.9
60-64	29.07	33.47	15.4	14.7
65-69	42.29	47.39	12.5	11.9
70-74	62.91	68.31	9.8	9.4
75-79	96.60	103.28	7.5	7.2
80-84	141.85	149.76	5.8	5.5
85-89	202.99	216.36	4.4	4.1
90-94	284.49	308.19	3.3	3.1
95-99	381.78	411.84	2.5	2.4
100+	496.97	529.91	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1976

Year

Country