Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 55.7 years in 1969: 59.9 for women and 51.6 for men, a gap of 8.3 years. 28,201 people died; 26.2% of them were 65 or older and 41.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

55.7

Women

59.9

Men

51.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

142.6

Deaths

28,201

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

369

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

220

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	93.76	122.42	59.9	51.6
1-4	10.45	13.48	64.7	57.1
5-9	1.37	3.16	63.4	56.2
10-14	1.28	2.41	58.8	52.0
15-19	1.88	3.60	54.1	47.6
20-24	2.52	5.15	49.6	43.4
25-29	2.91	5.59	45.2	39.5
30-34	3.39	6.37	40.8	35.6
35-39	4.04	7.71	36.5	31.6
40-44	5.00	9.76	32.2	27.8
45-49	6.58	12.48	27.9	24.0
50-54	9.29	17.09	23.8	20.4
55-59	14.14	24.24	19.8	17.0
60-64	22.50	35.09	16.0	13.9
65-69	36.05	51.15	12.7	11.0
70-74	61.32	78.19	9.6	8.5
75-79	99.73	118.27	7.2	6.5
80-84	154.29	177.09	5.3	4.8
85-89	227.66	257.03	4.0	3.6
90-94	315.94	352.85	3.0	2.7
95-99	422.77	467.18	2.3	2.1
100+	541.42	587.41	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 1969

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