Life expectancy at birth in Luxembourg was 68.4 years in 1958: 70.8 for women and 66.1 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 3,548 people died; 62.3% of them were 65 or older and 6.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

68.4

Women

70.8

Men

66.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.3

Deaths

3,548

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.4

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

222

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	35.22	42.76	70.8	66.1
1-4	1.59	1.81	72.4	68.0
5-9	0.88	0.44	68.8	64.4
10-14	0.76	0.49	64.1	59.6
15-19	1.01	0.80	59.3	54.7
20-24	0.82	1.85	54.6	49.9
25-29	0.80	1.37	49.8	45.4
30-34	1.29	1.51	45.0	40.7
35-39	1.54	2.71	40.3	36.0
40-44	2.48	4.71	35.6	31.4
45-49	2.92	7.33	31.0	27.1
50-54	5.60	13.13	26.4	23.0
55-59	8.62	16.76	22.1	19.4
60-64	15.07	23.46	17.9	15.9
65-69	26.92	34.91	14.1	12.5
70-74	48.96	61.27	10.8	9.4
75-79	74.98	100.75	8.1	7.0
80-84	134.42	161.90	5.6	5.0
85-89	228.55	271.31	3.8	3.3
90-94	383.60	451.07	2.5	2.2
95-99	581.42	666.91	1.7	1.5
100+	756.20	828.98	1.3	1.2

Mortality in Luxembourg by year

Mortality in Luxembourg, 1958

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