Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 59.0 years in 1974: 62.6 for women and 56.0 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 478,838 people died; 26.6% of them were 65 or older and 51.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

59.0

Women

62.6

Men

56.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

118.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

163.6

Deaths

478,838

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

263

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	122.48	134.95	62.6	56.0
1-4	13.62	13.15	69.5	62.9
5-9	0.97	1.23	69.3	62.2
10-14	0.69	1.09	64.7	57.5
15-19	0.89	1.82	59.9	52.8
20-24	1.14	2.34	55.1	48.3
25-29	1.36	2.44	50.4	43.8
30-34	1.74	2.78	45.7	39.3
35-39	2.33	3.60	41.1	34.9
40-44	3.12	5.47	36.6	30.4
45-49	4.36	8.33	32.1	26.2
50-54	6.66	13.65	27.8	22.2
55-59	9.51	20.51	23.6	18.6
60-64	15.83	31.53	19.6	15.3
65-69	24.34	42.38	16.0	12.5
70-74	37.94	58.56	12.8	9.9
75-79	58.29	87.64	9.9	7.4
80-84	93.13	159.98	7.4	5.2
85-89	146.52	236.51	5.4	3.8
90-94	231.54	340.86	3.9	2.8
95-99	345.57	466.20	2.8	2.1
100+	488.00	599.45	2.1	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1974

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