Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 48.8 years in 1954: 51.8 for women and 45.9 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 464,300 people died; 13.3% of them were 65 or older and 68.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

48.8

Women

51.8

Men

45.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

184.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

289.9

Deaths

464,300

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.6

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

295

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

175

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	198.51	224.56	51.8	45.9
1-4	35.37	35.83	61.7	55.9
5-9	2.09	2.53	66.6	60.1
10-14	1.28	1.71	62.3	55.9
15-19	1.72	2.77	57.7	51.3
20-24	2.09	3.45	53.2	47.0
25-29	2.38	3.61	48.7	42.8
30-34	2.74	3.98	44.2	38.5
35-39	3.21	4.68	39.8	34.2
40-44	3.92	6.43	35.4	30.0
45-49	4.99	9.07	31.1	25.9
50-54	7.36	14.58	26.8	21.9
55-59	10.14	21.30	22.7	18.4
60-64	16.88	33.31	18.7	15.2
65-69	26.53	43.90	15.2	12.5
70-74	43.10	60.66	11.9	9.9
75-79	67.46	88.40	9.2	7.6
80-84	105.13	148.86	6.9	5.5
85-89	165.58	222.00	5.1	4.1
90-94	242.82	307.74	3.7	3.1
95-99	343.42	413.06	2.8	2.4
100+	467.33	530.90	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1954

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