Life expectancy at birth in Turkey was 74.1 years in 2007: 77.5 for women and 71.0 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 417,794 people died; 64.1% of them were 65 or older and 6.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

74.1

Women

77.5

Men

71.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.2

Deaths

417,794

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.9

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

155

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	17.78	20.29	77.5	71.0
1-4	0.90	0.89	77.9	71.4
5-9	0.14	0.19	74.1	67.7
10-14	0.17	0.28	69.2	62.7
15-19	0.27	0.55	64.2	57.8
20-24	0.39	0.81	59.3	53.0
25-29	0.52	1.00	54.4	48.2
30-34	0.70	1.27	49.6	43.4
35-39	0.91	1.69	44.7	38.7
40-44	1.26	2.65	39.9	34.0
45-49	1.81	4.31	35.2	29.4
50-54	3.11	8.02	30.5	25.0
55-59	5.07	13.25	25.9	20.9
60-64	9.08	20.80	21.5	17.1
65-69	16.97	31.32	17.4	13.7
70-74	30.11	47.80	13.7	10.6
75-79	51.61	79.40	10.5	7.8
80-84	86.40	149.30	7.8	5.4
85-89	138.25	231.19	5.7	3.9
90-94	214.84	337.05	4.1	2.8
95-99	316.98	462.03	3.0	2.1
100+	449.88	596.84	2.2	1.7

Mortality in Turkey by year

Mortality in Turkey, 2007

Year

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