Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 72.9 years in 2003: 76.3 for women and 69.7 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 391,653 people died; 59.6% of them were 65 or older and 10.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

72.9

Women

76.3

Men

69.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.0

Deaths

391,653

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.8

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

164

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	23.96	27.22	76.3	69.7
1-4	1.28	1.25	77.2	70.6
5-9	0.19	0.26	73.5	66.9
10-14	0.22	0.35	68.6	62.0
15-19	0.33	0.66	63.7	57.1
20-24	0.47	0.95	58.8	52.3
25-29	0.60	1.13	53.9	47.5
30-34	0.76	1.40	49.1	42.8
35-39	0.99	1.85	44.3	38.1
40-44	1.36	2.93	39.5	33.4
45-49	1.99	4.83	34.7	28.9
50-54	3.48	8.79	30.0	24.5
55-59	5.27	13.31	25.5	20.5
60-64	10.34	22.42	21.1	16.7
65-69	18.55	33.93	17.1	13.4
70-74	31.94	51.21	13.5	10.4
75-79	53.29	82.22	10.4	7.7
80-84	86.72	150.99	7.8	5.4
85-89	137.79	232.33	5.7	3.9
90-94	212.54	334.28	4.2	2.9
95-99	310.20	452.77	3.0	2.2
100+	439.06	582.72	2.3	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 2003

Year

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