Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 72.3 years in 2001: 75.7 for women and 69.0 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 383,600 people died; 56.7% of them were 65 or older and 12.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

72.3

Women

75.7

Men

69.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.8

Deaths

383,600

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

169

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	27.83	31.52	75.7	69.0
1-4	1.53	1.50	76.8	70.2
5-9	0.22	0.29	73.3	66.6
10-14	0.24	0.39	68.3	61.7
15-19	0.37	0.73	63.4	56.8
20-24	0.51	1.02	58.5	52.0
25-29	0.63	1.19	53.7	47.3
30-34	0.79	1.45	48.8	42.6
35-39	1.04	1.96	44.0	37.9
40-44	1.39	3.03	39.2	33.2
45-49	2.12	5.10	34.5	28.7
50-54	3.58	8.87	29.8	24.3
55-59	5.58	13.60	25.3	20.3
60-64	10.96	23.23	21.0	16.6
65-69	19.21	35.13	17.0	13.3
70-74	32.76	52.21	13.4	10.3
75-79	53.75	82.65	10.4	7.7
80-84	86.82	150.68	7.8	5.4
85-89	137.81	231.37	5.8	3.9
90-94	210.27	329.56	4.2	2.9
95-99	304.61	446.44	3.1	2.2
100+	429.87	574.15	2.3	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 2001

Year

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