Life expectancy at birth in Luxembourg was 74.3 years in 1988: 77.5 for women and 70.9 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 3,908 people died; 73.7% of them were 65 or older and 1.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

74.3

Women

77.5

Men

70.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

10.6

Deaths

3,908

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.5

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

171

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

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	8.71	9.41	77.5	70.9
1-4	0.65	0.15	77.2	70.6
5-9	0.70	0.20	73.4	66.6
10-14	0.62	0.51	68.6	61.7
15-19	0.83	1.37	63.8	56.8
20-24	0.95	1.84	59.1	52.2
25-29	1.15	2.15	54.3	47.7
30-34	0.78	1.27	49.6	43.1
35-39	0.83	2.34	44.8	38.4
40-44	1.67	2.55	40.0	33.8
45-49	2.37	4.57	35.3	29.2
50-54	3.79	7.73	30.7	24.8
55-59	5.59	13.69	26.2	20.7
60-64	10.01	18.43	21.9	17.0
65-69	15.11	35.08	17.9	13.4
70-74	24.94	52.81	14.1	10.5
75-79	47.82	90.83	10.6	7.9
80-84	81.18	129.12	7.8	6.0
85-89	141.91	196.07	5.5	4.4
90-94	234.72	285.41	3.8	3.3
95-99	360.83	394.56	2.7	2.5
100+	516.72	521.73	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Luxembourg by year

Mortality in Luxembourg, 1988

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