Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 55.3 years in 1968: 59.6 for women and 51.1 for men, a gap of 8.5 years. 28,372 people died; 25.7% of them were 65 or older and 42.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

55.3

Women

59.6

Men

51.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

145.9

Deaths

28,372

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.6

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

376

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

223

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	95.72	124.98	59.6	51.1
1-4	10.82	13.99	64.4	56.7
5-9	1.40	3.26	63.2	55.9
10-14	1.32	2.48	58.6	51.7
15-19	1.92	3.70	54.0	47.4
20-24	2.57	5.30	49.5	43.2
25-29	2.97	5.75	45.1	39.3
30-34	3.46	6.57	40.7	35.4
35-39	4.11	7.94	36.4	31.5
40-44	5.07	10.01	32.1	27.6
45-49	6.65	12.75	27.9	23.9
50-54	9.38	17.41	23.7	20.3
55-59	14.27	24.59	19.7	16.9
60-64	22.68	35.46	16.0	13.8
65-69	36.30	51.52	12.6	11.0
70-74	61.69	78.64	9.6	8.5
75-79	100.17	118.75	7.2	6.5
80-84	154.77	177.61	5.3	4.8
85-89	228.06	257.37	4.0	3.6
90-94	316.22	353.05	3.0	2.7
95-99	423.31	467.44	2.3	2.1
100+	542.06	587.54	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 1968

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