Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 58.5 years in 1973: 62.0 for women and 55.5 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 483,626 people died; 25.3% of them were 65 or older and 52.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

58.5

Women

62.0

Men

55.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

169.5

Deaths

483,626

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.3

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

267

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	126.42	139.28	62.0	55.5
1-4	14.42	13.91	69.1	62.5
5-9	1.01	1.26	69.1	62.0
10-14	0.71	1.13	64.4	57.4
15-19	0.93	1.89	59.7	52.7
20-24	1.21	2.43	54.9	48.2
25-29	1.38	2.44	50.2	43.7
30-34	1.82	2.87	45.6	39.2
35-39	2.42	3.71	41.0	34.7
40-44	3.22	5.60	36.4	30.3
45-49	4.45	8.46	32.0	26.1
50-54	6.76	13.80	27.6	22.1
55-59	9.66	20.73	23.5	18.5
60-64	16.00	31.67	19.5	15.3
65-69	24.55	42.77	15.9	12.5
70-74	38.39	58.90	12.7	9.9
75-79	58.80	88.43	9.8	7.4
80-84	94.71	161.17	7.4	5.2
85-89	148.39	236.64	5.4	3.8
90-94	236.66	345.30	3.8	2.8
95-99	351.90	469.47	2.7	2.1
100+	496.01	603.61	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1973

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