Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 49.2 years in 1958: 52.3 for women and 46.4 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 509,296 people died; 15.6% of them were 65 or older and 64.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

49.2

Women

52.3

Men

46.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

174.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

268.5

Deaths

509,296

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.1

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

319

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

193

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	186.32	210.38	52.3	46.4
1-4	30.85	31.16	61.6	55.8
5-9	2.23	2.69	65.3	58.8
10-14	1.25	1.76	61.0	54.6
15-19	1.72	2.81	56.4	50.1
20-24	2.17	3.53	51.9	45.7
25-29	2.53	3.81	47.4	41.5
30-34	3.01	4.32	43.0	37.2
35-39	3.56	5.13	38.6	33.0
40-44	4.37	7.12	34.2	28.8
45-49	5.69	10.13	29.9	24.7
50-54	8.26	16.02	25.7	20.9
55-59	11.60	23.84	21.7	17.4
60-64	18.69	36.22	17.8	14.3
65-69	29.78	50.09	14.3	11.6
70-74	46.63	66.17	11.2	9.2
75-79	76.27	101.95	8.5	6.9
80-84	118.62	172.04	6.3	4.9
85-89	184.73	249.02	4.6	3.7
90-94	281.42	350.14	3.3	2.7
95-99	398.58	463.73	2.4	2.1
100+	536.74	587.10	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1958

Year

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