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

French Guiana

1956

Life expectancy: 51.6

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

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Life expectancy at birth in French Guiana was 51.6 years in 1956: 55.3 for women and 48.4 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 475 people died; 34.1% of them were 65 or older and 24.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

51.6

Women

55.3

Men

48.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

130.2

Deaths

475

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.0

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

464

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

349

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	77.46	111.42	55.3	48.4
1-4	9.34	14.14	58.7	52.9
5-9	3.63	4.34	56.9	51.9
10-14	2.76	2.86	52.9	48.0
15-19	4.46	4.94	48.6	43.6
20-24	5.56	7.76	44.6	39.6
25-29	6.20	8.21	40.8	36.1
30-34	6.95	9.15	37.0	32.5
35-39	8.01	11.01	33.2	28.9
40-44	9.28	13.69	29.5	25.4
45-49	11.09	17.27	25.8	22.0
50-54	14.43	22.60	22.1	18.8
55-59	19.68	29.81	18.6	15.7
60-64	28.89	42.66	15.2	12.9
65-69	43.38	60.95	12.2	10.3
70-74	65.62	87.19	9.5	8.1
75-79	99.44	125.10	7.3	6.3
80-84	151.17	182.65	5.4	4.7
85-89	225.49	257.84	4.0	3.6
90-94	320.66	352.16	3.0	2.7
95-99	436.20	465.48	2.2	2.1
100+	562.97	584.56	1.8	1.7

Mortality in French Guiana by year

Mortality in French Guiana, 1956

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