Life expectancy at birth in Thailand was 69.1 years in 1991: 72.7 for women and 65.7 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 321,769 people died; 37.7% of them were 65 or older and 11.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

72.7

Men

65.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

35.1

Deaths

321,769

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

256

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	24.13	30.89	72.7	65.7
1-4	1.95	2.23	73.5	66.8
5-9	0.63	0.85	70.0	63.4
10-14	0.54	0.78	65.2	58.6
15-19	0.90	2.23	60.4	53.8
20-24	1.04	3.13	55.7	49.4
25-29	1.15	3.45	51.0	45.1
30-34	1.42	3.86	46.2	40.9
35-39	1.90	4.55	41.5	36.6
40-44	2.94	5.84	36.9	32.4
45-49	4.39	7.85	32.4	28.3
50-54	6.62	11.66	28.1	24.3
55-59	9.53	16.58	23.9	20.6
60-64	13.63	23.21	20.0	17.2
65-69	20.62	33.72	16.2	14.0
70-74	34.96	50.71	12.7	11.1
75-79	60.11	77.41	9.6	8.6
80-84	99.64	117.21	7.1	6.5
85-89	159.08	174.09	5.2	4.9
90-94	237.88	249.33	3.8	3.6
95-99	350.69	365.49	2.7	2.6
100+	525.73	577.90	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Thailand by year

Mortality in Thailand, 1991

Year

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