Life expectancy at birth in Tajikistan was 69.1 years in 2012: 71.7 for women and 66.5 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 43,465 people died; 40.0% of them were 65 or older and 23.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

71.7

Men

66.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.0

Deaths

43,465

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

205

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

129

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	29.45	38.76	71.7	66.5
1-4	1.83	2.18	72.8	68.1
5-9	0.24	0.43	69.4	64.7
10-14	0.31	0.51	64.4	59.8
15-19	0.56	0.78	59.5	55.0
20-24	0.90	1.21	54.7	50.2
25-29	0.97	1.52	49.9	45.5
30-34	1.30	2.40	45.2	40.8
35-39	1.71	3.71	40.4	36.3
40-44	2.53	4.43	35.8	31.9
45-49	3.53	5.61	31.2	27.5
50-54	6.04	9.89	26.7	23.2
55-59	10.01	16.34	22.4	19.3
60-64	15.68	25.43	18.4	15.7
65-69	25.03	39.57	14.7	12.5
70-74	43.09	61.99	11.4	9.7
75-79	74.28	97.71	8.5	7.3
80-84	122.70	150.84	6.2	5.4
85-89	194.32	229.44	4.4	3.9
90-94	288.01	327.87	3.2	2.9
95-99	420.17	460.50	2.3	2.1
100+	618.09	654.28	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Tajikistan by year

Mortality in Tajikistan, 2012

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