Life expectancy at birth in Belgium was 68.0 years in 1952: 70.5 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 104,162 people died; 62.6% of them were 65 or older and 7.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

70.5

Men

65.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.6

Deaths

104,162

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

216

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

131

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	41.34	52.23	70.5	65.5
1-4	1.59	1.81	72.4	68.0
5-9	0.46	0.67	68.8	64.5
10-14	0.39	0.50	64.0	59.7
15-19	0.52	0.94	59.1	54.8
20-24	0.80	1.31	54.3	50.1
25-29	1.12	1.56	49.5	45.4
30-34	1.48	1.83	44.7	40.7
35-39	1.67	2.67	40.0	36.1
40-44	2.57	4.07	35.4	31.5
45-49	4.16	6.91	30.8	27.1
50-54	6.22	11.40	26.4	23.0
55-59	9.59	17.90	22.1	19.2
60-64	16.01	26.02	18.1	15.7
65-69	25.65	38.52	14.4	12.5
70-74	46.03	60.74	11.0	9.7
75-79	77.65	96.17	8.2	7.2
80-84	130.46	154.20	5.9	5.2
85-89	207.07	244.58	4.2	3.7
90-94	320.82	373.31	3.0	2.6
95-99	437.22	508.08	2.2	1.9
100+	576.10	651.93	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Belgium by year

Mortality in Belgium, 1952

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