Life expectancy at birth in Tajikistan was 54.7 years in 1965: 56.8 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 37,184 people died; 21.5% of them were 65 or older and 54.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

54.7

Women

56.8

Men

52.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

125.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

182.2

Deaths

37,184

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.9

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

293

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

217

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	125.67	149.21	56.8	52.5
1-4	16.21	17.65	63.2	59.6
5-9	1.41	2.20	63.3	59.9
10-14	1.22	1.54	58.7	55.5
15-19	1.76	2.47	54.1	50.9
20-24	2.38	3.52	49.5	46.5
25-29	2.76	3.71	45.1	42.3
30-34	3.23	4.20	40.7	38.0
35-39	3.88	5.20	36.3	33.8
40-44	4.87	6.89	32.0	29.6
45-49	6.52	9.48	27.7	25.5
50-54	9.27	13.68	23.5	21.7
55-59	14.28	20.15	19.5	18.0
60-64	23.04	29.83	15.8	14.6
65-69	37.33	44.74	12.4	11.6
70-74	64.44	71.56	9.4	8.9
75-79	104.15	112.47	7.0	6.6
80-84	159.69	172.95	5.2	4.9
85-89	231.50	258.15	3.9	3.6
90-94	315.73	355.13	3.0	2.7
95-99	438.68	484.53	2.2	2.0
100+	628.38	664.63	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Tajikistan by year

Mortality in Tajikistan, 1965

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