Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 63.7 years in 1982: 67.3 for women and 60.6 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 424,554 people died; 33.0% of them were 65 or older and 41.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

63.7

Women

67.3

Men

60.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

115.2

Deaths

424,554

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

233

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	88.64	97.83	67.3	60.6
1-4	7.86	7.60	72.4	65.7
5-9	0.70	0.85	70.7	63.7
10-14	0.53	0.82	65.9	59.0
15-19	0.70	1.38	61.1	54.2
20-24	0.85	1.77	56.3	49.5
25-29	1.04	2.03	51.5	45.0
30-34	1.35	2.43	46.8	40.4
35-39	1.69	2.89	42.1	35.9
40-44	2.44	4.38	37.4	31.3
45-49	3.60	6.99	32.9	27.0
50-54	5.83	12.17	28.4	22.8
55-59	8.67	18.91	24.2	19.1
60-64	14.61	29.59	20.1	15.8
65-69	23.20	40.77	16.5	12.9
70-74	36.31	55.35	13.2	10.2
75-79	55.80	83.89	10.3	7.7
80-84	88.33	150.51	7.8	5.4
85-89	135.48	227.36	5.8	3.9
90-94	211.69	331.86	4.2	2.9
95-99	311.37	448.15	3.0	2.2
100+	443.22	578.54	2.3	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1982

Year

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