Life expectancy at birth in Tajikistan was 66.6 years in 2004: 69.2 for women and 64.0 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 41,762 people died; 39.6% of them were 65 or older and 29.1% 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

66.6

Women

69.2

Men

64.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.3

Deaths

41,762

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

230

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

142

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	44.18	56.54	69.2	64.0
1-4	3.12	3.62	71.3	66.7
5-9	0.31	0.54	68.2	63.6
10-14	0.38	0.59	63.3	58.8
15-19	0.56	0.96	58.4	53.9
20-24	0.83	1.32	53.6	49.2
25-29	1.21	2.00	48.8	44.5
30-34	1.58	2.95	44.1	39.9
35-39	2.04	3.48	39.4	35.5
40-44	2.87	4.84	34.8	31.1
45-49	4.25	7.15	30.2	26.7
50-54	6.41	11.98	25.8	22.6
55-59	10.87	17.56	21.6	18.9
60-64	17.37	26.84	17.6	15.4
65-69	28.15	41.22	14.0	12.2
70-74	48.68	64.86	10.7	9.4
75-79	82.89	102.34	8.0	7.1
80-84	134.17	157.73	5.8	5.2
85-89	207.21	238.86	4.2	3.8
90-94	299.63	337.45	3.1	2.8
95-99	429.97	469.25	2.3	2.1
100+	624.53	657.85	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Tajikistan by year

Mortality in Tajikistan, 2004

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