Life expectancy at birth in Belgium was 80.4 years in 2011: 82.9 for women and 77.8 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 104,232 people died; 81.6% of them were 65 or older and 0.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

80.4

Women

82.9

Men

77.8

Life expectancy at 65

19.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

3.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

4.2

Deaths

104,232

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

100

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	3.17	3.51	82.9	77.8
1-4	0.16	0.28	82.1	77.0
5-9	0.11	0.12	78.2	73.1
10-14	0.09	0.12	73.2	68.2
15-19	0.21	0.41	68.3	63.2
20-24	0.26	0.72	63.3	58.3
25-29	0.32	0.90	58.4	53.5
30-34	0.45	0.88	53.5	48.8
35-39	0.61	1.17	48.6	44.0
40-44	1.00	1.79	43.7	39.2
45-49	1.86	2.69	38.9	34.5
50-54	2.88	4.72	34.3	30.0
55-59	4.68	7.85	29.7	25.6
60-64	6.56	11.99	25.4	21.5
65-69	9.31	17.58	21.1	17.7
70-74	14.78	27.15	17.0	14.1
75-79	25.85	45.13	13.1	10.8
80-84	51.87	79.98	9.6	7.9
85-89	102.63	139.47	6.7	5.5
90-94	184.92	236.22	4.5	3.8
95-99	308.28	364.80	3.0	2.6
100+	475.31	524.80	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Belgium by year

Mortality in Belgium, 2011

Year

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