Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 63.2 years in 1986: 66.1 for women and 60.1 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 29,208 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, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

63.2

Women

66.1

Men

60.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

68.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.6

Deaths

29,208

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

271

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

163

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	62.34	80.85	66.2	60.1
1-4	5.45	6.73	69.3	64.1
5-9	0.62	0.88	66.8	61.8
10-14	0.50	0.69	62.0	57.1
15-19	0.74	1.22	57.2	52.3
20-24	1.19	1.84	52.4	47.6
25-29	1.52	2.32	47.7	43.0
30-34	1.80	3.07	43.0	38.4
35-39	2.34	4.37	38.4	34.0
40-44	3.21	5.61	33.8	29.7
45-49	4.94	9.53	29.3	25.5
50-54	7.57	14.07	25.0	21.6
55-59	12.14	20.98	20.8	18.0
60-64	19.20	30.67	17.0	14.7
65-69	30.87	45.38	13.4	11.7
70-74	53.64	70.55	10.2	9.0
75-79	90.32	109.48	7.6	6.8
80-84	143.72	166.72	5.6	5.0
85-89	217.22	248.05	4.1	3.7
90-94	307.14	345.81	3.1	2.8
95-99	416.68	461.27	2.3	2.1
100+	539.70	584.49	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 1986

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