Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 57.2 years in 1971: 60.6 for women and 54.4 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 491,012 people died; 23.7% of them were 65 or older and 54.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

57.2

Women

60.6

Men

54.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

181.1

Deaths

491,012

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.1

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

275

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	134.14	147.75	60.6	54.4
1-4	16.09	15.51	68.1	61.7
5-9	1.14	1.46	68.4	61.5
10-14	0.79	1.21	63.8	57.0
15-19	1.06	2.06	59.1	52.3
20-24	1.32	2.53	54.4	47.8
25-29	1.54	2.57	49.7	43.4
30-34	2.04	3.06	45.1	38.9
35-39	2.63	3.95	40.5	34.5
40-44	3.47	5.87	36.0	30.1
45-49	4.70	8.73	31.6	25.9
50-54	7.09	14.14	27.3	22.0
55-59	10.10	21.15	23.2	18.4
60-64	16.51	32.02	19.2	15.2
65-69	25.45	43.75	15.7	12.4
70-74	39.57	59.51	12.4	9.8
75-79	61.09	90.77	9.6	7.3
80-84	98.48	162.01	7.2	5.1
85-89	155.57	240.20	5.2	3.8
90-94	247.35	350.49	3.7	2.7
95-99	361.53	466.12	2.7	2.1
100+	504.69	595.88	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1971

Year

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