Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

France

1957

Life expectancy: 68.9

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in France was 68.9 years in 1957: 72.2 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 535,119 people died; 64.0% of them were 65 or older and 6.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

68.9

Women

72.2

Men

65.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.8

Deaths

535,119

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.9

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

236

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	30.03	38.79	72.2	65.5
1-4	1.48	1.80	73.4	67.1
5-9	0.39	0.53	69.8	63.5
10-14	0.33	0.50	64.9	58.7
15-19	0.55	1.18	60.1	53.8
20-24	0.72	1.51	55.2	49.1
25-29	0.97	2.02	50.4	44.5
30-34	1.32	2.37	45.6	39.9
35-39	1.93	3.15	40.9	35.4
40-44	2.72	4.67	36.3	30.9
45-49	4.07	7.66	31.8	26.5
50-54	6.04	12.36	27.4	22.5
55-59	8.80	18.92	23.1	18.7
60-64	13.85	27.71	19.0	15.3
65-69	22.55	41.29	15.2	12.2
70-74	39.47	64.06	11.7	9.5
75-79	69.16	99.92	8.7	7.1
80-84	117.05	155.57	6.3	5.2
85-89	193.78	243.88	4.4	3.7
90-94	297.02	359.28	3.1	2.7
95-99	424.73	486.67	2.3	2.0
100+	569.06	622.78	1.8	1.6

Mortality in France by year

Mortality in France, 1957

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