Life expectancy at birth in Belgium was 68.6 years in 1954: 71.1 for women and 66.1 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 104,988 people died; 64.0% of them were 65 or older and 6.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

68.6

Women

71.1

Men

66.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.2

Deaths

104,988

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

208

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

125

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	37.84	47.80	71.1	66.1
1-4	1.30	1.70	72.8	68.3
5-9	0.50	0.72	69.2	64.7
10-14	0.37	0.51	64.4	60.0
15-19	0.40	0.87	59.5	55.1
20-24	0.72	1.35	54.6	50.3
25-29	0.94	1.50	49.8	45.7
30-34	1.31	1.76	45.0	41.0
35-39	1.56	2.40	40.3	36.3
40-44	2.70	3.76	35.6	31.7
45-49	3.95	6.59	31.0	27.3
50-54	5.96	10.90	26.6	23.1
55-59	9.24	17.34	22.3	19.3
60-64	15.04	25.90	18.3	15.8
65-69	25.85	38.85	14.5	12.6
70-74	43.87	58.85	11.1	9.8
75-79	77.81	96.09	8.2	7.3
80-84	128.73	153.75	6.0	5.3
85-89	202.45	237.65	4.3	3.8
90-94	303.46	358.39	3.1	2.7
95-99	430.90	475.11	2.3	2.1
100+	571.95	610.09	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Belgium by year

Mortality in Belgium, 1954

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