Life expectancy at birth in Thailand was 73.8 years in 2007: 77.3 for women and 70.4 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 442,027 people died; 52.3% of them were 65 or older and 2.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

73.8

Women

77.3

Men

70.4

Life expectancy at 65

17.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

14.6

Deaths

442,027

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

218

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

104

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	10.07	13.10	77.3	70.4
1-4	0.74	0.82	77.1	70.3
5-9	0.40	0.59	73.3	66.5
10-14	0.43	0.67	68.5	61.7
15-19	0.58	2.04	63.6	56.9
20-24	0.69	2.35	58.8	52.5
25-29	1.18	3.16	54.0	48.1
30-34	1.63	4.39	49.3	43.8
35-39	1.84	5.00	44.7	39.7
40-44	2.26	5.66	40.0	35.7
45-49	2.94	6.59	35.5	31.6
50-54	4.37	8.35	31.0	27.6
55-59	6.52	11.54	26.6	23.6
60-64	9.59	16.49	22.4	19.9
65-69	14.85	24.67	18.3	16.4
70-74	25.03	37.14	14.6	13.2
75-79	43.78	56.84	11.2	10.4
80-84	76.11	87.15	8.3	8.0
85-89	128.63	131.58	6.0	6.0
90-94	203.48	194.29	4.2	4.5
95-99	316.53	282.28	3.0	3.3
100+	501.53	424.47	2.0	2.4

Mortality in Thailand by year

Mortality in Thailand, 2007

Year

Country