Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 42.0 years in 1954: 44.5 for women and 40.1 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 33,628 people died; 4.8% of them were 65 or older and 54.1% 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

42.0

Women

44.5

Men

40.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

151.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

237.4

Deaths

33,628

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.9

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

531

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

407

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	155.88	181.46	44.5	40.1
1-4	27.51	26.65	50.8	46.7
5-9	7.40	7.75	52.5	47.8
10-14	4.64	4.50	49.3	44.6
15-19	6.27	6.74	45.4	40.5
20-24	7.79	10.86	41.8	36.8
25-29	8.62	11.56	38.4	33.7
30-34	9.54	12.68	35.0	30.6
35-39	10.46	14.67	31.5	27.4
40-44	11.55	17.35	28.1	24.3
45-49	12.66	20.42	24.6	21.3
50-54	16.17	25.28	21.1	18.3
55-59	21.47	31.51	17.6	15.4
60-64	32.42	44.02	14.3	12.6
65-69	47.78	61.21	11.4	10.1
70-74	75.44	90.73	8.8	7.9
75-79	113.12	131.74	6.7	6.0
80-84	167.58	192.61	5.1	4.6
85-89	238.01	267.29	3.8	3.5
90-94	323.28	356.03	2.9	2.7
95-99	435.50	477.22	2.3	2.1
100+	558.50	603.97	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 1954

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