Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 61.7 years in 2003: 63.9 for women and 60.0 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 47,615 people died; 24.4% of them were 65 or older and 28.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

61.7

Women

63.9

Men

60.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.9

Deaths

47,615

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

303

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

232

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	50.35	58.88	63.9	60.0
1-4	4.07	4.14	66.2	62.6
5-9	1.61	1.65	63.2	59.6
10-14	1.25	1.25	58.7	55.0
15-19	2.05	2.50	54.1	50.4
20-24	2.55	3.57	49.6	46.0
25-29	2.92	3.59	45.2	41.8
30-34	3.48	4.03	40.8	37.5
35-39	4.37	5.12	36.5	33.2
40-44	5.57	6.97	32.3	29.0
45-49	7.36	9.99	28.1	24.9
50-54	10.15	14.69	24.1	21.0
55-59	14.41	21.73	20.2	17.5
60-64	21.90	33.14	16.5	14.2
65-69	34.41	49.84	13.1	11.3
70-74	56.96	75.78	10.1	8.7
75-79	92.28	114.39	7.6	6.6
80-84	143.98	169.61	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.83	247.37	4.1	3.7
90-94	306.00	341.44	3.1	2.8
95-99	420.89	458.10	2.3	2.1
100+	551.12	584.59	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 2003

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