Life expectancy at birth in Thailand was 67.8 years in 1987: 71.0 for women and 64.8 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 304,519 people died; 35.9% of them were 65 or older and 15.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

67.8

Women

71.0

Men

64.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.5

Deaths

304,519

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

262

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

153

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	29.97	37.82	71.0	64.8
1-4	2.56	2.90	72.2	66.2
5-9	0.88	1.08	68.9	63.0
10-14	0.67	0.85	64.2	58.3
15-19	0.96	1.78	59.4	53.5
20-24	1.10	2.56	54.7	49.0
25-29	1.17	2.98	50.0	44.6
30-34	1.52	3.41	45.2	40.2
35-39	2.16	4.32	40.6	35.9
40-44	3.30	5.83	36.0	31.6
45-49	4.80	8.49	31.5	27.5
50-54	7.52	13.00	27.2	23.5
55-59	10.67	18.19	23.2	19.9
60-64	15.11	25.13	19.3	16.6
65-69	22.63	36.04	15.6	13.5
70-74	38.31	54.47	12.2	10.6
75-79	65.33	83.43	9.2	8.2
80-84	106.95	126.39	6.8	6.2
85-89	168.47	187.63	5.0	4.6
90-94	248.76	267.08	3.6	3.5
95-99	361.77	374.58	2.6	2.6
100+	534.30	533.99	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Thailand by year

Mortality in Thailand, 1987

Year

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