Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 62.8 years in 1985: 65.8 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 28,849 people died; 30.9% of them were 65 or older and 39.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

62.8

Women

65.8

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

70.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

94.0

Deaths

28,849

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

277

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

164

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	64.66	83.45	65.8	59.7
1-4	5.76	7.09	69.2	63.7
5-9	0.61	0.94	66.7	61.5
10-14	0.50	0.73	61.9	56.8
15-19	0.76	1.29	57.1	52.0
20-24	1.19	1.95	52.3	47.3
25-29	1.52	2.45	47.6	42.8
30-34	1.82	3.24	42.9	38.3
35-39	2.37	4.50	38.3	33.8
40-44	3.24	5.89	33.7	29.5
45-49	4.93	9.62	29.2	25.3
50-54	7.73	14.37	24.9	21.5
55-59	12.32	21.36	20.8	17.9
60-64	19.42	31.06	16.9	14.6
65-69	31.14	45.75	13.4	11.6
70-74	54.17	71.05	10.2	9.0
75-79	91.14	110.10	7.6	6.8
80-84	144.76	167.50	5.6	5.0
85-89	218.42	248.84	4.1	3.7
90-94	307.88	346.53	3.1	2.8
95-99	416.72	461.75	2.3	2.1
100+	538.85	584.62	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 1985

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