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

Southern Asia

1979

Life expectancy: 53.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 53.2 years in 1979: 53.2 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of -0.1 years. 12,907,731 people died; 19.3% of them were 65 or older and 47.7% 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

53.2

Women

53.2

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

176.1

Deaths

12,907,731

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.1

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

305

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

284

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	131.04	133.95	53.2	53.3
1-4	17.74	14.80	59.4	59.6
5-9	4.55	3.69	59.6	59.2
10-14	2.13	1.79	55.9	55.2
15-19	3.31	2.54	51.5	50.7
20-24	4.23	3.23	47.3	46.3
25-29	4.54	3.62	43.3	42.0
30-34	4.76	4.11	39.2	37.8
35-39	5.38	5.25	35.1	33.5
40-44	6.43	7.13	31.0	29.3
45-49	8.31	10.23	26.9	25.3
50-54	11.95	14.78	22.9	21.5
55-59	17.82	21.78	19.2	17.9
60-64	27.95	33.20	15.7	14.7
65-69	40.80	47.20	12.7	11.9
70-74	60.69	68.31	10.0	9.4
75-79	93.69	103.35	7.7	7.2
80-84	137.21	150.07	5.9	5.5
85-89	198.11	216.85	4.5	4.1
90-94	273.72	304.72	3.4	3.1
95-99	369.71	409.21	2.6	2.4
100+	481.09	523.37	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1979

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