Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 52.3 years in 1962: 55.3 for women and 49.6 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 500,953 people died; 16.5% of them were 65 or older and 63.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

52.3

Women

55.3

Men

49.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

239.9

Deaths

500,953

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.7

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

290

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

174

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	170.88	189.82	55.3	49.6
1-4	25.72	25.12	64.3	58.6
5-9	1.55	2.01	67.0	60.5
10-14	1.08	1.58	62.5	56.1
15-19	1.35	2.35	57.8	51.5
20-24	1.78	2.93	53.2	47.1
25-29	2.13	3.20	48.6	42.7
30-34	2.60	3.75	44.1	38.4
35-39	3.17	4.56	39.7	34.1
40-44	3.92	6.38	35.3	29.8
45-49	5.16	9.23	30.9	25.7
50-54	7.63	14.55	26.6	21.8
55-59	10.53	21.54	22.6	18.2
60-64	17.32	33.03	18.7	15.0
65-69	26.57	44.79	15.1	12.2
70-74	42.43	61.86	11.9	9.7
75-79	66.66	90.81	9.1	7.3
80-84	110.30	165.52	6.7	5.1
85-89	167.52	233.94	4.9	3.9
90-94	258.50	325.33	3.5	2.9
95-99	375.30	433.79	2.6	2.3
100+	515.52	553.56	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1962

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