Life expectancy at birth in Turkmenistan was 69.0 years in 2014: 72.1 for women and 65.6 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 37,186 people died; 41.0% of them were 65 or older and 18.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2014

Life expectancy at birth

69.0

Women

72.1

Men

65.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.5

Deaths

37,186

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

225

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2014

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	29.49	40.33	72.1	65.6
1-4	1.94	2.44	73.2	67.3
5-9	0.26	0.41	69.8	63.9
10-14	0.30	0.42	64.9	59.1
15-19	0.73	0.82	60.0	54.2
20-24	0.84	1.36	55.2	49.4
25-29	0.96	1.81	50.4	44.7
30-34	1.27	2.55	45.6	40.1
35-39	1.63	3.94	40.9	35.6
40-44	2.41	5.31	36.2	31.2
45-49	3.42	7.43	31.6	27.0
50-54	5.23	10.93	27.1	22.9
55-59	8.59	16.79	22.8	19.1
60-64	14.29	26.27	18.7	15.5
65-69	23.97	40.95	14.8	12.3
70-74	42.30	63.68	11.4	9.6
75-79	73.97	99.61	8.5	7.2
80-84	122.98	152.90	6.2	5.3
85-89	194.48	231.02	4.5	3.9
90-94	286.48	329.16	3.3	2.9
95-99	401.54	445.81	2.4	2.2
100+	533.85	573.20	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Turkmenistan by year

Mortality in Turkmenistan, 2014

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