Life expectancy at birth in Uzbekistan was 55.2 years in 1956: 57.3 for women and 53.1 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 115,578 people died; 28.1% of them were 65 or older and 42.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

55.2

Women

57.3

Men

53.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

113.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

162.8

Deaths

115,578

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.9

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

311

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

240

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	112.33	134.33	57.3	53.1
1-4	13.55	15.11	62.9	59.5
5-9	1.48	2.14	62.3	59.1
10-14	1.49	1.72	57.8	54.7
15-19	2.14	2.71	53.2	50.1
20-24	2.86	3.86	48.7	45.8
25-29	3.30	4.10	44.4	41.6
30-34	3.83	4.65	40.1	37.4
35-39	4.54	5.73	35.8	33.2
40-44	5.56	7.51	31.6	29.1
45-49	7.22	10.17	27.4	25.1
50-54	10.15	14.51	23.3	21.3
55-59	15.30	21.19	19.4	17.7
60-64	24.03	31.23	15.7	14.4
65-69	38.03	46.51	12.4	11.4
70-74	64.34	73.33	9.4	8.8
75-79	103.24	113.95	7.1	6.6
80-84	158.05	173.81	5.3	4.9
85-89	230.58	257.36	3.9	3.6
90-94	317.34	354.13	3.0	2.7
95-99	434.86	485.92	2.2	2.0
100+	600.20	679.53	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Uzbekistan by year

Mortality in Uzbekistan, 1956

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