Life expectancy at birth in Norway was 72.7 years in 1952: 74.3 for women and 71.0 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 28,349 people died; 65.8% of them were 65 or older and 6.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

72.7

Women

74.3

Men

71.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.0

Deaths

28,349

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.5

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

149

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

101

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	21.35	25.60	74.3	71.0
1-4	1.69	1.88	74.9	71.8
5-9	0.46	0.80	71.4	68.3
10-14	0.39	0.59	66.5	63.6
15-19	0.45	0.94	61.7	58.8
20-24	0.66	1.51	56.8	54.1
25-29	0.97	1.57	52.0	49.4
30-34	0.95	1.62	47.2	44.8
35-39	1.27	2.21	42.4	40.2
40-44	2.02	2.89	37.7	35.6
45-49	2.93	4.42	33.0	31.1
50-54	4.43	6.96	28.5	26.7
55-59	7.63	10.23	24.1	22.5
60-64	11.81	15.96	19.9	18.6
65-69	19.29	25.64	16.0	14.9
70-74	36.90	42.40	12.3	11.6
75-79	63.09	69.09	9.3	8.7
80-84	105.40	118.14	6.8	6.3
85-89	169.64	189.92	4.9	4.6
90-94	265.85	270.31	3.5	3.4
95-99	386.43	388.31	2.5	2.5
100+	530.81	518.97	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Norway by year

Mortality in Norway, 1952

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