Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea is projected at 66.6 years in 2027: 69.6 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 74,369 people are projected to die; 36.7% of them would be 65 or older and 13.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

66.6

Women

69.6

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.5

Deaths

74,369

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

262

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

171

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2027

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	27.81	34.19	69.6	64.2
1-4	1.76	1.96	70.6	65.4
5-9	0.78	0.92	67.0	61.8
10-14	0.65	0.78	62.3	57.1
15-19	1.15	1.79	57.5	52.3
20-24	1.43	2.59	52.8	47.8
25-29	1.67	2.65	48.2	43.4
30-34	2.07	3.04	43.5	38.9
35-39	2.76	3.98	39.0	34.5
40-44	3.77	5.63	34.5	30.1
45-49	5.39	8.43	30.1	25.9
50-54	7.76	12.86	25.8	21.9
55-59	11.38	19.59	21.7	18.2
60-64	17.49	30.30	17.9	14.8
65-69	28.05	46.02	14.3	11.8
70-74	47.11	69.81	11.0	9.2
75-79	78.58	105.73	8.3	7.0
80-84	126.62	157.40	6.1	5.3
85-89	196.41	231.92	4.4	3.9
90-94	287.01	325.11	3.3	2.9
95-99	403.68	439.59	2.4	2.2
100+	520.89	570.71	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 2027

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