Life expectancy at birth in Tajikistan was 64.2 years in 2001: 66.2 for women and 62.2 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 45,251 people died; 35.7% of them were 65 or older and 32.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

64.2

Women

66.2

Men

62.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

77.5

Deaths

45,251

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.1

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

243

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

185

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	55.84	69.83	66.2	62.2
1-4	4.37	4.98	69.0	65.6
5-9	0.60	0.72	66.1	62.9
10-14	0.48	0.66	61.3	58.1
15-19	0.74	1.04	56.5	53.3
20-24	1.18	1.73	51.7	48.5
25-29	1.91	2.82	47.0	43.9
30-34	2.28	3.53	42.4	39.5
35-39	2.93	3.86	37.8	35.2
40-44	3.67	5.03	33.4	30.8
45-49	5.21	7.36	28.9	26.5
50-54	9.08	12.09	24.6	22.4
55-59	13.80	18.04	20.7	18.7
60-64	20.48	27.56	16.9	15.2
65-69	31.28	42.29	13.5	12.0
70-74	53.00	66.59	10.3	9.3
75-79	88.38	104.79	7.7	7.0
80-84	140.53	161.11	5.7	5.1
85-89	214.02	242.83	4.1	3.7
90-94	306.64	340.76	3.1	2.8
95-99	442.15	474.85	2.2	2.1
100+	656.21	675.31	1.5	1.5

Mortality in Tajikistan by year

Mortality in Tajikistan, 2001

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