Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 69.7 years in 1995: 73.5 for women and 66.2 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 380,532 people died; 46.9% of them were 65 or older and 20.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1995

Life expectancy at birth

69.7

Women

73.5

Men

66.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.6

Deaths

380,532

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

199

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1995's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1995

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	42.68	47.65	73.5	66.2
1-4	2.66	2.58	75.7	68.4
5-9	0.33	0.41	72.5	65.1
10-14	0.33	0.53	67.6	60.2
15-19	0.48	1.11	62.7	55.4
20-24	0.62	1.70	57.8	50.7
25-29	0.73	1.85	53.0	46.1
30-34	0.93	2.12	48.2	41.5
35-39	1.19	2.61	43.4	36.9
40-44	1.69	3.91	38.7	32.3
45-49	2.46	5.82	34.0	27.9
50-54	4.09	9.55	29.4	23.7
55-59	6.76	15.62	24.9	19.7
60-64	12.38	26.42	20.7	16.1
65-69	20.95	38.49	16.8	13.0
70-74	34.08	54.55	13.4	10.2
75-79	54.28	83.84	10.4	7.7
80-84	87.12	151.47	7.9	5.4
85-89	134.84	227.07	5.9	3.9
90-94	204.45	329.21	4.3	2.9
95-99	297.95	450.31	3.2	2.2
100+	422.03	584.66	2.4	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 1995

Year

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