Sri Lanka Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Sri Lanka

1950

Life expectancy: 53.2

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

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-5 -1 1950 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sri Lanka was 53.2 years in 1950: 54.7 for women and 52.1 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 148,586 people died; 45.8% of them were 65 or older and 28.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

53.2

Women

54.7

Men

52.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

104.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

152.1

Deaths

148,586

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.0

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

360

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

305

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	107.86	116.33	54.7	52.1
1-4	14.47	13.32	59.8	57.4
5-9	2.74	3.64	59.2	56.4
10-14	2.01	2.16	55.0	52.4
15-19	3.03	3.53	50.5	47.9
20-24	3.85	4.90	46.3	43.8
25-29	4.25	4.80	42.1	39.8
30-34	4.77	5.11	38.0	35.7
35-39	5.67	6.27	33.8	31.5
40-44	7.15	8.44	29.7	27.5
45-49	9.90	12.15	25.7	23.5
50-54	14.17	17.80	21.9	19.8
55-59	19.97	25.94	18.3	16.4
60-64	29.13	38.10	14.9	13.4
65-69	43.69	55.73	11.9	10.7
70-74	67.81	82.55	9.2	8.3
75-79	105.58	123.06	6.9	6.3
80-84	164.11	182.33	5.1	4.7
85-89	245.84	268.15	3.7	3.4
90-94	355.76	390.91	2.7	2.5
95-99	481.85	527.79	2.0	1.9
100+	615.12	665.03	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Sri Lanka by year

Mortality in Sri Lanka, 1950

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