Table 1.

Life expectancy indicators for South Asian countries²

	Total population (000)	Life expectancy			Probability of dying under age 5 years (per 1000)		Healthy life expectancy at birth
Country		Total	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Bangladesh	143 809	62.6	62.6	62.6	71	73	54.3	55.3	53.3
Bhutan	2 190	61.3	60.2	62.4	93	92	52.9	52.9	52.9
India	1 049 549	61.0	60.1	62.0	87	95	53.5	53.3	53.6
Maldives	309	66.1	66.5	65.6	38	43	57.8	59.0	56.6
Nepal	24 609	60.1	59.9	60.2	81	87	51.8	52.5	51.1
Pakistan	149 911	61.4	61.1	61.6	105	115	53.3	54.2	52.3
Sri Lanka	18 910	70.3	67.2	74.3	20	16	61.6	59.2	64.0