Life expectancy at birth in Belgium was 70.6 years in 1966: 73.7 for women and 67.7 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 115,573 people died; 69.8% of them were 65 or older and 3.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

70.6

Women

73.7

Men

67.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.9

Deaths

115,573

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

196

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

108

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	22.07	27.38	73.7	67.7
1-4	0.81	1.06	74.3	68.5
5-9	0.39	0.60	70.5	64.8
10-14	0.28	0.49	65.7	60.0
15-19	0.45	1.00	60.8	55.1
20-24	0.56	1.38	55.9	50.4
25-29	0.72	1.48	51.0	45.7
30-34	0.83	1.55	46.2	41.1
35-39	1.33	2.26	41.4	36.4
40-44	2.21	3.28	36.6	31.7
45-49	3.51	6.10	32.0	27.2
50-54	5.22	9.64	27.5	23.0
55-59	7.90	16.86	23.2	19.0
60-64	13.17	28.16	19.0	15.4
65-69	22.75	42.56	15.1	12.4
70-74	39.03	63.37	11.7	9.7
75-79	69.88	95.24	8.6	7.4
80-84	121.55	146.64	6.2	5.5
85-89	194.20	225.70	4.4	4.0
90-94	302.12	329.91	3.1	2.9
95-99	441.68	450.82	2.2	2.2
100+	594.35	584.04	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Belgium by year

Mortality in Belgium, 1966

Year

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