Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 47.7 years in 1963: 50.0 for women and 45.9 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 33,403 people died; 6.2% of them were 65 or older and 50.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

47.7

Women

50.0

Men

45.9

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

121.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

180.2

Deaths

33,403

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.6

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

469

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

363

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	123.17	142.05	50.0	45.9
1-4	17.85	16.95	55.4	51.7
5-9	5.26	5.38	55.3	51.2
10-14	3.47	3.33	51.8	47.5
15-19	4.90	5.34	47.6	43.3
20-24	6.09	8.33	43.7	39.4
25-29	6.81	8.74	40.0	35.9
30-34	7.66	9.64	36.3	32.4
35-39	8.67	11.44	32.6	28.9
40-44	9.89	14.01	29.0	25.4
45-49	11.34	17.34	25.3	22.1
50-54	14.73	22.41	21.6	18.9
55-59	19.87	29.18	18.1	15.8
60-64	30.04	41.68	14.7	12.9
65-69	45.03	59.05	11.7	10.3
70-74	71.99	87.87	9.0	8.0
75-79	109.95	128.52	6.8	6.2
80-84	164.34	187.84	5.1	4.6
85-89	235.70	263.11	3.9	3.5
90-94	321.93	352.48	3.0	2.7
95-99	434.45	471.14	2.3	2.1
100+	558.50	596.62	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 1963

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