Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 51.4 years in 1958: 55.7 for women and 47.3 for men, a gap of 8.4 years. 27,802 people died; 24.0% of them were 65 or older and 46.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

51.4

Women

55.7

Men

47.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

123.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

184.0

Deaths

27,802

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.0

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

410

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

258

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	117.25	153.00	55.7	47.3
1-4	15.49	20.46	61.5	53.8
5-9	1.87	3.79	61.3	54.3
10-14	1.77	2.91	56.9	50.3
15-19	2.51	4.27	52.3	46.0
20-24	3.32	6.12	48.0	41.9
25-29	3.81	6.70	43.7	38.1
30-34	4.39	7.66	39.5	34.3
35-39	5.11	9.20	35.3	30.6
40-44	6.12	11.45	31.2	26.9
45-49	7.73	14.29	27.1	23.3
50-54	10.72	19.20	23.0	19.9
55-59	15.99	26.49	19.2	16.6
60-64	24.91	37.20	15.5	13.6
65-69	39.09	52.92	12.3	10.9
70-74	65.55	80.78	9.4	8.4
75-79	104.32	121.36	7.0	6.4
80-84	158.91	181.06	5.3	4.8
85-89	231.22	260.79	3.9	3.5
90-94	318.13	355.64	3.0	2.7
95-99	423.61	469.34	2.3	2.1
100+	540.28	588.17	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 1958

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