Life expectancy at birth in Netherlands was 73.7 years in 1964: 76.3 for women and 71.3 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 93,345 people died; 67.5% of them were 65 or older and 5.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

73.7

Women

76.3

Men

71.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.7

Deaths

93,345

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

151

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	12.62	16.44	76.3	71.3
1-4	0.95	1.23	76.2	71.5
5-9	0.39	0.62	72.5	67.8
10-14	0.28	0.48	67.7	63.0
15-19	0.31	0.86	62.8	58.2
20-24	0.36	1.03	57.9	53.4
25-29	0.48	1.01	53.0	48.7
30-34	0.68	1.13	48.1	43.9
35-39	1.07	1.61	43.2	39.1
40-44	1.60	2.43	38.4	34.4
45-49	2.72	4.57	33.7	29.8
50-54	4.13	7.23	29.2	25.4
55-59	6.32	12.85	24.7	21.3
60-64	10.52	20.97	20.4	17.5
65-69	18.12	32.94	16.4	14.2
70-74	33.44	47.48	12.7	11.2
75-79	58.51	75.64	9.5	8.6
80-84	102.79	117.15	6.9	6.4
85-89	168.81	183.73	4.9	4.6
90-94	255.59	278.89	3.6	3.3
95-99	365.25	397.06	2.6	2.4
100+	498.55	535.42	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Netherlands by year

Mortality in Netherlands, 1964

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