Life expectancy at birth in Luxembourg was 66.4 years in 1953: 68.9 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 3,671 people died; 59.4% of them were 65 or older and 7.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

66.4

Women

68.9

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.3

Deaths

3,671

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

240

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

150

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	42.92	57.97	68.9	64.1
1-4	1.99	2.04	70.9	66.8
5-9	0.68	0.50	67.4	63.4
10-14	0.73	0.59	62.7	58.5
15-19	0.87	1.07	57.9	53.7
20-24	0.90	1.79	53.1	49.0
25-29	1.17	1.60	48.4	44.4
30-34	1.54	2.11	43.6	39.7
35-39	1.95	3.49	38.9	35.1
40-44	2.70	4.87	34.3	30.7
45-49	4.60	8.32	29.7	26.4
50-54	7.35	12.17	25.4	22.4
55-59	11.46	19.34	21.2	18.6
60-64	17.49	27.10	17.3	15.2
65-69	29.06	40.55	13.6	12.1
70-74	50.73	62.36	10.4	9.2
75-79	82.99	103.26	7.6	6.7
80-84	146.01	173.50	5.3	4.7
85-89	250.34	296.51	3.5	3.1
90-94	424.25	504.34	2.3	2.0
95-99	639.23	741.57	1.6	1.3
100+	809.52	888.42	1.2	1.1

Mortality in Luxembourg by year

Mortality in Luxembourg, 1953

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