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

Southern Asia

2004

Life expectancy: 64.5

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 64.5 years in 2004: 66.0 for women and 63.2 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 12,413,503 people died; 35.6% of them were 65 or older and 26.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

64.5

Women

66.0

Men

63.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.4

Deaths

12,413,503

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

232

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

167

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	63.18	63.95	66.0	63.2
1-4	5.23	4.37	69.2	66.3
5-9	1.69	1.57	66.7	63.4
10-14	0.96	0.96	62.2	58.9
15-19	1.62	1.49	57.5	54.2
20-24	2.06	2.04	53.0	49.6
25-29	2.13	2.44	48.5	45.0
30-34	2.28	3.03	44.0	40.6
35-39	2.60	3.87	39.4	36.1
40-44	3.21	4.98	34.9	31.8
45-49	4.68	7.53	30.5	27.5
50-54	6.94	11.06	26.1	23.5
55-59	10.94	16.22	21.9	19.7
60-64	18.40	25.61	18.0	16.1
65-69	29.40	39.30	14.5	13.0
70-74	47.11	58.59	11.4	10.2
75-79	72.38	88.66	8.8	7.9
80-84	115.91	134.80	6.5	5.9
85-89	177.20	196.60	4.8	4.5
90-94	255.61	275.69	3.6	3.4
95-99	352.95	361.80	2.7	2.7
100+	472.55	468.38	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 2004

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