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

Melanesia

2049

Life expectancy: 70.0

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia is projected at 70.0 years in 2049: 73.0 for women and 67.2 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 148,249 people are projected to die; 55.7% of them would be 65 or older and 5.3% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2049

Life expectancy at birth

70.0

Women

73.0

Men

67.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.1

Deaths

148,249

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

221

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

136

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2049's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2049

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	16.46	22.86	73.0	67.2
1-4	1.03	1.33	73.2	67.7
5-9	0.44	0.62	69.5	64.1
10-14	0.37	0.54	64.6	59.3
15-19	0.68	1.21	59.8	54.4
20-24	0.89	1.80	55.0	49.8
25-29	1.09	1.89	50.2	45.2
30-34	1.39	2.22	45.4	40.6
35-39	1.94	3.02	40.7	36.0
40-44	2.81	4.47	36.1	31.5
45-49	4.23	6.98	31.6	27.2
50-54	6.46	11.12	27.2	23.0
55-59	9.72	17.23	23.0	19.2
60-64	15.29	27.19	19.0	15.7
65-69	24.69	41.33	15.3	12.6
70-74	40.78	62.13	12.0	10.0
75-79	66.56	92.34	9.2	7.7
80-84	108.01	137.73	6.8	5.8
85-89	168.81	205.53	5.0	4.3
90-94	250.25	293.31	3.6	3.2
95-99	363.19	401.95	2.7	2.4
100+	495.27	548.13	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Melanesia by year

Mortality in Melanesia, 2049

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