Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 61.8 years in 2004: 64.0 for women and 60.0 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 49,105 people died; 24.8% of them were 65 or older and 28.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

61.8

Women

64.0

Men

60.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.6

Deaths

49,105

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

304

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

233

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	49.43	57.86	64.0	60.1
1-4	3.96	4.04	66.2	62.6
5-9	1.60	1.62	63.2	59.5
10-14	1.25	1.24	58.7	55.0
15-19	2.07	2.49	54.0	50.3
20-24	2.57	3.57	49.6	45.9
25-29	2.94	3.60	45.2	41.7
30-34	3.50	4.04	40.8	37.4
35-39	4.39	5.14	36.5	33.1
40-44	5.59	7.00	32.2	28.9
45-49	7.40	10.04	28.1	24.9
50-54	10.19	14.76	24.0	21.0
55-59	14.47	21.82	20.2	17.4
60-64	21.93	33.26	16.5	14.1
65-69	34.42	49.98	13.1	11.2
70-74	56.89	75.90	10.1	8.7
75-79	92.12	114.48	7.6	6.6
80-84	143.72	169.61	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.47	247.22	4.1	3.7
90-94	305.60	341.26	3.1	2.8
95-99	420.37	457.79	2.3	2.1
100+	550.75	584.45	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 2004

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