Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Western Asia

1953

Life expectancy: 45.7

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1953 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia was 45.7 years in 1953: 48.7 for women and 43.0 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 1,146,013 people died; 16.6% of them were 65 or older and 59.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

45.7

Women

48.7

Men

43.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

183.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

286.2

Deaths

1,146,013

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.3

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

377

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

246

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	196.05	223.85	48.7	43.0
1-4	34.42	34.46	57.9	52.3
5-9	3.19	4.09	62.0	55.6
10-14	2.08	2.62	57.9	51.7
15-19	2.70	3.89	53.5	47.4
20-24	3.37	5.29	49.2	43.3
25-29	3.77	5.71	45.0	39.4
30-34	4.37	6.49	40.8	35.4
35-39	5.02	7.76	36.7	31.5
40-44	5.80	9.79	32.5	27.7
45-49	7.19	12.56	28.4	23.9
50-54	10.08	17.99	24.4	20.3
55-59	14.05	25.11	20.5	17.0
60-64	22.18	36.99	16.8	13.9
65-69	33.85	51.22	13.5	11.2
70-74	55.29	75.37	10.5	8.8
75-79	86.78	111.92	8.0	6.7
80-84	132.07	173.18	6.0	4.9
85-89	191.69	247.62	4.6	3.7
90-94	268.02	337.38	3.5	2.8
95-99	363.58	444.62	2.7	2.2
100+	478.15	556.86	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Western Asia by year

Mortality in Western Asia, 1953

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