Life expectancy at birth in New Zealand was 78.7 years in 2001: 81.0 for women and 76.2 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 28,094 people died; 77.9% of them were 65 or older and 1.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

78.7

Women

81.0

Men

76.2

Life expectancy at 65

18.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

5.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

6.7

Deaths

28,094

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

100

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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	4.48	6.21	81.0	76.2
1-4	0.33	0.33	80.4	75.7
5-9	0.18	0.15	76.5	71.8
10-14	0.19	0.23	71.5	66.9
15-19	0.42	0.94	66.6	61.9
20-24	0.39	1.24	61.7	57.2
25-29	0.45	1.06	56.8	52.6
30-34	0.55	1.31	52.0	47.8
35-39	0.70	1.29	47.1	43.1
40-44	1.11	1.85	42.3	38.4
45-49	1.86	2.43	37.5	33.7
50-54	3.16	4.17	32.8	29.1
55-59	4.60	6.79	28.3	24.7
60-64	8.38	11.93	23.9	20.4
65-69	12.50	19.86	19.8	16.5
70-74	19.13	34.72	15.9	13.0
75-79	33.12	52.79	12.2	9.9
80-84	62.93	92.42	8.9	7.2
85-89	114.21	161.91	6.3	5.0
90-94	193.69	275.42	4.4	3.3
95-99	312.52	419.23	3.0	2.3
100+	469.04	586.99	2.1	1.7

Mortality in New Zealand by year

Mortality in New Zealand, 2001

Year

Country