Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 67.0 years in 2007: 70.8 for women and 63.2 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 34,020 people died; 42.7% of them were 65 or older and 17.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2007

Life expectancy at birth

67.0

Women

70.8

Men

63.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.9

Deaths

34,020

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

270

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

137

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2007's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2007

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	33.06	45.32	70.8	63.2
1-4	2.25	2.86	72.1	65.1
5-9	0.31	0.59	68.8	61.9
10-14	0.33	0.55	63.9	57.0
15-19	0.74	1.07	59.0	52.2
20-24	1.02	1.85	54.2	47.4
25-29	1.36	2.95	49.4	42.9
30-34	1.62	4.42	44.7	38.5
35-39	2.06	5.03	40.1	34.3
40-44	2.56	6.47	35.5	30.1
45-49	3.99	8.82	30.9	26.0
50-54	6.12	12.69	26.5	22.0
55-59	9.98	19.61	22.2	18.3
60-64	15.95	29.70	18.2	14.9
65-69	25.88	44.89	14.5	11.9
70-74	44.77	68.25	11.1	9.3
75-79	77.05	104.43	8.3	7.0
80-84	126.56	157.81	6.1	5.2
85-89	198.81	234.02	4.4	3.9
90-94	292.13	330.96	3.2	2.9
95-99	407.71	455.14	2.4	2.2
100+	539.87	585.72	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 2007

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