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

Southern Asia

1997

Life expectancy: 61.4

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

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-5 -1 1997 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 61.4 years in 1997: 62.4 for women and 60.4 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 12,673,648 people died; 30.2% of them were 65 or older and 33.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

61.4

Women

62.4

Men

60.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

77.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

102.4

Deaths

12,673,648

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

252

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

201

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	81.34	81.85	62.4	60.4
1-4	7.67	6.33	66.6	64.5
5-9	2.43	2.05	64.6	62.1
10-14	1.21	1.12	60.4	57.7
15-19	1.98	1.67	55.7	53.0
20-24	2.57	2.24	51.2	48.4
25-29	2.72	2.63	46.9	43.9
30-34	2.81	3.14	42.5	39.5
35-39	3.14	4.00	38.0	35.1
40-44	3.98	5.37	33.6	30.7
45-49	5.61	8.09	29.2	26.5
50-54	8.58	12.26	25.0	22.5
55-59	13.47	18.57	20.9	18.7
60-64	21.63	29.04	17.2	15.3
65-69	33.34	43.63	13.9	12.3
70-74	51.66	64.29	11.0	9.7
75-79	79.67	97.48	8.5	7.4
80-84	121.47	145.60	6.4	5.6
85-89	177.80	210.52	4.8	4.2
90-94	251.15	293.80	3.7	3.2
95-99	341.47	383.44	2.8	2.5
100+	452.74	486.38	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1997

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