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

Southern Asia

1985

Life expectancy: 56.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 56.2 years in 1985: 56.9 for women and 55.6 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 13,071,786 people died; 22.8% of them were 65 or older and 44.2% 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

56.2

Women

56.9

Men

55.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

105.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

148.0

Deaths

13,071,786

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.3

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

288

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

240

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	112.82	113.97	56.9	55.6
1-4	13.60	11.21	62.5	61.2
5-9	3.88	3.17	61.9	59.9
10-14	1.71	1.55	58.0	55.8
15-19	2.61	2.25	53.5	51.2
20-24	3.19	2.96	49.2	46.8
25-29	3.37	3.27	44.9	42.4
30-34	3.58	3.68	40.7	38.1
35-39	4.12	4.71	36.4	33.8
40-44	5.20	6.46	32.1	29.5
45-49	6.98	9.52	27.8	25.4
50-54	10.23	13.96	23.7	21.5
55-59	15.62	20.90	19.8	17.9
60-64	25.60	32.51	16.2	14.5
65-69	38.07	47.80	13.1	11.7
70-74	57.15	70.78	10.3	9.1
75-79	89.23	107.79	7.9	7.0
80-84	132.75	157.88	6.0	5.3
85-89	192.48	226.59	4.6	4.0
90-94	267.28	312.89	3.5	3.0
95-99	352.81	404.35	2.7	2.4
100+	461.00	508.34	2.2	2.0

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1985

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