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

France

1965

Life expectancy: 71.1

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

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Life expectancy at birth in France was 71.1 years in 1965: 74.7 for women and 67.5 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 542,730 people died; 67.6% of them were 65 or older and 4.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

71.1

Women

74.7

Men

67.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.2

Deaths

542,730

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.1

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

218

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	19.22	24.73	74.7	67.5
1-4	0.81	1.02	75.2	68.1
5-9	0.31	0.46	71.4	64.4
10-14	0.26	0.43	66.5	59.6
15-19	0.48	1.05	61.6	54.7
20-24	0.68	1.54	56.7	50.0
25-29	0.76	1.61	51.9	45.3
30-34	1.04	2.07	47.1	40.7
35-39	1.56	3.02	42.3	36.1
40-44	2.29	4.44	37.6	31.6
45-49	3.60	6.92	33.0	27.2
50-54	5.00	10.89	28.6	23.1
55-59	7.63	17.51	24.3	19.2
60-64	11.58	26.83	20.1	15.8
65-69	19.15	40.12	16.1	12.6
70-74	33.53	59.31	12.5	9.9
75-79	59.57	93.20	9.3	7.5
80-84	107.08	145.57	6.7	5.5
85-89	177.67	228.46	4.7	3.9
90-94	277.26	330.49	3.3	2.9
95-99	397.45	451.04	2.4	2.2
100+	540.51	582.48	1.9	1.7

Mortality in France by year

Mortality in France, 1965

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