Life expectancy at birth in New Caledonia was 53.8 years in 1962: 58.3 for women and 50.2 for men, a gap of 8.1 years. 1,147 people died; 21.8% of them were 65 or older and 30.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

53.8

Women

58.3

Men

50.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

78.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.0

Deaths

1,147

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.4

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

445

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

303

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	69.41	96.38	58.3	50.2
1-4	8.17	11.46	61.4	54.2
5-9	3.33	5.10	59.4	52.7
10-14	1.74	2.82	55.4	49.0
15-19	2.85	4.40	50.9	44.6
20-24	3.86	6.02	46.5	40.5
25-29	4.43	6.95	42.4	36.7
30-34	5.35	8.09	38.3	32.9
35-39	6.29	10.08	34.3	29.2
40-44	7.47	12.76	30.3	25.6
45-49	9.57	16.71	26.3	22.1
50-54	13.12	22.24	22.5	18.8
55-59	19.07	30.15	18.8	15.7
60-64	27.74	42.60	15.5	12.8
65-69	41.65	61.86	12.4	10.3
70-74	63.31	88.42	9.7	8.1
75-79	96.30	125.85	7.4	6.3
80-84	147.78	180.10	5.5	4.8
85-89	221.99	254.58	4.0	3.6
90-94	317.85	350.47	3.0	2.7
95-99	432.47	464.98	2.3	2.1
100+	559.72	585.75	1.8	1.7

Mortality in New Caledonia by year

Mortality in New Caledonia, 1962

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