World

2005

Life expectancy: 68.1

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

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-5 -1 2005 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in World was 68.1 years in 2005: 70.7 for women and 65.7 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 53,390,436 people died; 48.1% of them were 65 or older and 16.1% 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

68.1

Women

70.7

Men

65.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.0

Deaths

53,390,436

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

210

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

135

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	44.52	49.47	70.7	65.7
1-4	4.70	4.61	72.9	67.9
5-9	1.71	1.67	70.2	65.2
10-14	0.96	1.05	65.8	60.7
15-19	1.25	1.55	61.1	56.0
20-24	1.60	2.24	56.5	51.4
25-29	1.85	2.54	51.9	47.0
30-34	2.01	2.87	47.4	42.5
35-39	2.30	3.49	42.8	38.1
40-44	2.88	4.73	38.3	33.7
45-49	3.85	6.71	33.8	29.5
50-54	5.36	9.56	29.4	25.4
55-59	7.79	13.45	25.2	21.5
60-64	12.53	20.49	21.0	17.8
65-69	19.87	31.37	17.2	14.5
70-74	31.51	46.86	13.8	11.5
75-79	50.16	71.57	10.7	8.9
80-84	81.55	111.41	8.0	6.6
85-89	132.51	174.02	5.8	4.8
90-94	211.34	263.50	4.1	3.5
95-99	320.04	370.71	3.0	2.6
100+	463.71	495.12	2.2	2.0

Mortality in World by year

Mortality in World, 2005

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