Life expectancy at birth in New Caledonia was 47.9 years in 1954: 52.7 for women and 44.2 for men, a gap of 8.5 years. 1,232 people died; 23.4% of them were 65 or older and 30.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

47.9

Women

52.7

Men

44.2

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

159.5

Deaths

1,232

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.1

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

518

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

369

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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	93.10	128.71	52.7	44.2
1-4	13.32	19.33	56.7	49.1
5-9	5.08	7.25	55.7	48.9
10-14	2.48	3.90	52.1	45.6
15-19	4.08	5.98	47.7	41.4
20-24	5.55	8.13	43.6	37.6
25-29	6.46	9.30	39.8	34.1
30-34	7.44	10.83	36.0	30.6
35-39	8.46	13.22	32.3	27.1
40-44	9.63	16.23	28.5	23.8
45-49	11.86	20.63	24.8	20.6
50-54	15.98	26.54	21.2	17.6
55-59	22.48	34.97	17.7	14.7
60-64	32.52	48.22	14.5	12.1
65-69	47.74	68.98	11.7	9.7
70-74	71.31	97.15	9.1	7.7
75-79	106.35	135.16	7.0	6.0
80-84	156.79	188.07	5.3	4.7
85-89	229.25	259.39	3.9	3.6
90-94	323.19	353.31	2.9	2.7
95-99	436.22	466.52	2.2	2.1
100+	560.32	585.17	1.8	1.7

Mortality in New Caledonia by year

Mortality in New Caledonia, 1954

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