Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 54.0 years in 1965: 58.4 for women and 49.7 for men, a gap of 8.7 years. 29,060 people died; 24.2% of them were 65 or older and 44.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

54.0

Women

58.4

Men

49.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

156.6

Deaths

29,060

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.2

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

393

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

234

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	101.90	133.03	58.4	49.7
1-4	12.05	15.68	63.6	55.6
5-9	1.56	3.53	62.6	55.1
10-14	1.45	2.69	58.1	51.0
15-19	2.10	3.98	53.5	46.7
20-24	2.80	5.69	49.0	42.5
25-29	3.23	6.21	44.7	38.7
30-34	3.74	7.09	40.4	34.8
35-39	4.41	8.54	36.1	31.0
40-44	5.39	10.71	31.8	27.2
45-49	6.97	13.49	27.6	23.6
50-54	9.77	18.27	23.5	20.1
55-59	14.78	25.54	19.6	16.8
60-64	23.37	36.43	15.9	13.7
65-69	37.21	52.44	12.5	10.9
70-74	62.96	79.84	9.5	8.5
75-79	101.60	120.06	7.1	6.4
80-84	156.28	179.12	5.3	4.8
85-89	229.41	258.56	3.9	3.6
90-94	317.33	353.88	3.0	2.7
95-99	423.98	467.37	2.3	2.1
100+	542.04	586.72	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 1965

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