Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 66.3 years in 2005: 70.2 for women and 62.4 for men, a gap of 7.8 years. 33,568 people died; 42.1% of them were 65 or older and 18.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

66.3

Women

70.2

Men

62.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.5

Deaths

33,568

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

282

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

141

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	36.18	49.40	70.2	62.4
1-4	2.53	3.22	71.7	64.5
5-9	0.36	0.62	68.5	61.3
10-14	0.36	0.57	63.6	56.5
15-19	0.73	1.22	58.7	51.7
20-24	1.11	2.03	53.9	47.0
25-29	1.39	3.34	49.2	42.4
30-34	1.69	4.53	44.5	38.1
35-39	2.02	5.15	39.9	33.9
40-44	2.57	6.66	35.2	29.7
45-49	4.10	9.28	30.7	25.6
50-54	6.39	13.63	26.2	21.7
55-59	10.31	20.42	22.0	18.1
60-64	16.44	30.66	18.0	14.7
65-69	26.61	46.02	14.3	11.8
70-74	46.01	69.77	11.0	9.1
75-79	78.92	106.40	8.2	7.0
80-84	129.01	160.37	6.0	5.2
85-89	201.55	236.90	4.3	3.8
90-94	294.63	334.00	3.2	2.9
95-99	409.92	449.93	2.4	2.2
100+	541.13	575.37	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 2005

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