Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 44.6 years in 1958: 46.9 for women and 42.8 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 33,762 people died; 5.3% of them were 65 or older and 52.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

44.6

Women

46.9

Men

42.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

137.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

210.8

Deaths

33,762

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.9

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

501

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

389

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	141.03	163.40	46.9	42.8
1-4	22.83	21.85	52.8	49.1
5-9	6.42	6.58	53.7	49.4
10-14	4.12	3.93	50.3	46.0
15-19	5.69	6.06	46.3	41.8
20-24	7.07	9.61	42.6	38.1
25-29	7.85	10.15	39.0	34.8
30-34	8.74	11.16	35.5	31.5
35-39	9.71	13.06	32.0	28.1
40-44	10.86	15.69	28.4	24.9
45-49	12.13	18.89	24.9	21.7
50-54	15.60	23.85	21.3	18.6
55-59	20.85	30.33	17.8	15.6
60-64	31.48	42.81	14.5	12.8
65-69	46.71	60.06	11.5	10.2
70-74	74.12	89.23	8.9	8.0
75-79	111.97	130.03	6.8	6.1
80-84	166.44	190.14	5.1	4.6
85-89	237.29	265.01	3.8	3.5
90-94	322.96	353.98	2.9	2.7
95-99	435.24	473.68	2.3	2.1
100+	558.66	599.99	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 1958

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