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

Kiribati

1988

Life expectancy: 60.1

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

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-5 -1 1988 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kiribati was 60.1 years in 1988: 61.7 for women and 58.4 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 704 people died; 24.9% of them were 65 or older and 37.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

60.1

Women

61.7

Men

58.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

70.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

97.8

Deaths

704

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

292

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

239

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	67.59	81.47	61.7	58.4
1-4	7.29	7.50	64.9	62.2
5-9	1.91	2.08	62.8	60.1
10-14	1.51	1.58	58.4	55.7
15-19	2.24	2.48	53.8	51.1
20-24	2.98	3.54	49.4	46.7
25-29	3.43	3.75	45.1	42.5
30-34	3.97	4.24	40.8	38.2
35-39	4.66	5.24	36.6	34.0
40-44	5.64	6.92	32.4	29.8
45-49	7.23	9.46	28.2	25.8
50-54	10.10	13.60	24.2	21.9
55-59	14.29	19.82	20.3	18.3
60-64	21.96	29.65	16.6	14.9
65-69	34.10	44.33	13.2	11.9
70-74	55.34	67.83	10.2	9.2
75-79	89.34	105.24	7.6	6.9
80-84	143.41	161.79	5.6	5.1
85-89	217.74	245.43	4.1	3.7
90-94	314.52	352.11	3.0	2.7
95-99	429.62	475.35	2.3	2.1
100+	559.57	607.68	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Kiribati by year

Mortality in Kiribati, 1988

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